Pedro Juan Gutiérrez born in 1950 (Matanzas, Cuba) and he was a journalist. He began to work with eleven years old, like a vendor of ice-creams and newspapers. He was a soldier, swimming and kayak instructor, agricultural worker, technician in construction, technical designer, radiostation speaker and journalist for 26 years.

He shares literature with painting and sculpture. Gutiérrez is author of several poetry books, and author of Dirty Havana trilogy, The king of Havana, Tropical Animal