Héctor Zumbado

Who is Héctor Zumbado?

Héctor Zumbado Argueta, also known as H. Zumbado is a Cuban writer, journalist, critic, humorist, and essayist. In his words, "humor is a weapon, because it criticizes and exposes at the same time, and does so with a smile. Then that who is targeted cannot get too angry.".

He has published: Limonada, 1978; Amor a primer añejo, 1980; Riflexiones, 1980; Prosas en ajiaco, 1984; El American Way, 1981; ¡Esto le zumba!, 1981; and Kitsch, Kitsch, ¡BANG, BANG!, 1988. He has written for several Cuban and foreign press publications, like Juventud Rebelde and the magazine Bohemia.

Zumbado has collaborated with publications of Chile, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Algeria, India, Norway, and the former GDR, among others.

In 2000, he was the first person to be awarded the Cuban National Humor Award.

As a social manners critic, his favorite subject is bureaucracy.