Before Night Falls (Spanish: Antes que anochezca: autobiografía) is the 1992 autobiography of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, describing his early life in Cuba, his time in prison, and his escape to the United States in the Mariel boatlift of 1980.

It received a favorable review from The New York Times and was on the newspaper's list of the ten best books of 1993.

[1] The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 2000, starring Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp.

On March 29, 2017, Florida Grand Opera premiered Before Night Falls in Miami with five performances at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

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