His works typically concern the Afro-Caribbean population living on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, particularly around the city of Puerto Limón.
His novels and short stories have been awarded Costa Rica's National Literature Prize (Premio Nacional de Literatura) and Premio Editorial Costa Rica.
[citation needed] With Carlos Meléndez Chaverri he wrote that the life of enslaved woman Ana Cardoso was one that was common, but often unrecorded, and a significant contributor to the development of Costa Rican society.
[2] He has three sons from his first marriage, Andrés, Jaime and Pablo, to whom he dedicated his book Los Cuentos del Hermano Araña.
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