Uriel Quesada

Uriel Quesada Román (b. July 6, 1962) is a Costa Rican writer, professor, and LGBT rights activist. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Costa Rican literature. He currently resides in the United States and works as a professor at Loyola University New Orleans.

Biography He began his literary career in the 1980s with the short story collection (1985). This was followed by (1990), which sparked strong controversy due to its homosexual theme. The story narrates in plain language the tale of a young man on a train who meets a newlywed English couple. During the journey, the English man discreetly caresses the protagonist’s leg and later performs oral sex on him in the restroom. One of the characters, Gonzalo, begins to discover his homosexuality in 1970s Central America.

In 2018, he published the short story collection , for which he again won the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize in the short story category.

Works

Short story collections

(1985) (1990) (1995) (2004) (2008) (2018)

Novels

(1999) (2005) (2016)