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He was born in Mantanzas, Cuba
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Cuban-American
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Nilo and his family went to a little Havana in Miami, Florida on a freedom flight. They later on naturalized to the United States. When he decided that, he was leaving behind his sisters.
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Playwright and pedagogue
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Night Train to Boliña was premiered and he was only 35 years old, at this time.
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He attended Miami Dade College and Brown University
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He was appointed as the playwright-in-residence for the New Theater in Coral
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He won The Pulitzer in the Tropics. This play was also performed in theaters across the country.
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Grants from National Endowment of the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, and Theatre Communications Group; W. Alton Jones Award for Night Train to Bolina; Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award for Two Sisters and a Piano; American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award, Humana Festival for New American Plays, for Anna in the Tropics, 2003; Pulitzer Prize for drama, for Anna in the Tropics, 2003.
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This play has gone on Broadway and has won its second award, which was a Tony Award.
