[1] Triana later joined the troupe Grupo Didi, and worked as a scenic artist for Teatro Ensayo.
[7] The following year, Triana joined the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba as a founding member.
[8] In 1965, he was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for Night of the Assassins,[1][7] which he had rewritten earlier that year.
[1][7] International attention resulting from the awards caused supporters of the Cuban Revolution to turn against Triana and his work.
[3][8] In France, Triana adapted Respectable Women, a novel by Miguel de Carrión [es], into the play Dialogue for Women, eventually retitled Common Words, an homage to the play Divine Words, written by Ramón del Valle-Inclán.