He was born in May 13, 1933, in Quemado de Güines, Villa Clara province. He studied elementary school in his hometown and high school in Sagua la Grande Institute. He graduated as Doctor in Laws in the University of Havana. He joined the Partido Socialista Popular (People´s Socialist Party) and the Orthodox Party, collaborated in the (underground) Revolutionary Movement July 26 against Fulgencio Batista´s dictatorship. In 1948 he began writing satyrical-political sketches and adventures scripts for radio; also scientific-technical for children and humourstics. In 1949 he premiered his works Cubanos en Miami and La chuchera respetuosa, performed by Rita Montaner. His comedy Gracias Doctor, was awarded with the first mention in the Luis de Soto Award in 1959.
Among his many theatre plays are: \"El bravo\", \"Voy abajo\", \"Dios te salve comisario\", \"Sí, señor juez\" and \"La sirvienta\". He was artistic director of the Jorge Anckerman group too, and wrote short feature film scripts. He also wrote the adventure serials \"Leonardo Moncada\", \"El Mambisito\" and \"Cuando bajen las estrellas\"; sci-tech scripts for childres such as: \"De Copérnico a Gagarin\" and humouristics, being among them: \"Si no fuera por mamá\", \"Conflictos\" and \"San Nicolás del Peladero\". For this labour he won several awards by the Association of Radio and TV Critics. He published stories, poems, folk and humour sketches in Bohemia, Zig-Zag, El Mundo, Siempre, El Sable, and Juventud Rebelde. He presided the publishing staff of Mi Barrio magazine issude by the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR). Among his books are: Yo vendí mi bicicleta, Mi vida al desnudo, Oye como lo cogieron and the essay: Martí y el Humor. He participated in congresses in Europe.
He developed a professional labour in Latin-America, (Nicaragua), and represented Cuba in Mexico in solidarity labour. He delivered lectures in defense of the Cuban Revolution principles in several Spanish provinces. He was Deputy to the National Assembly of the People´s Power; Vice President of the Commission of Education, Science, Culture and Technology. He fullfilled a great labour in the Parliament, outstanding among others, the Public Meeting “Ser Cultos para ser Libres”, hel in Bayamo, as well as the making of the Project of Copyright Law, in process of being putting into effect. National Hero of work of the Republic of Cuba; National Award on Humour, 2001; National Award on Radio, 2002.