Daniel Chavarría (23 November 1933[1] – 6 April 2018)[2] was a Uruguayan revolutionary, writer and translator, who lived in Cuba since the 1960s.

[1] In 1964, while Chavarría was living in Brazil, there was a military coup and he fled to work amongst the gold seekers in the Amazon.

Chavarría’s style of writing is within the Latin American tradition of political writers, such as Gabriel García Márquez.

He mentioned that as a child, he read Jules Verne, Emilio Salgari and Alexandre Dumas, and their influence can be detected in his writing.

[citation needed] Joy: The 6th island: Allá ellos: The Eye of Cybele: Adiós Muchachos: Tango for a Torturer: Viudas de sangre: Other