Nelson Gudín

Nelson Gudín is an actor, screenwriter, storyteller, poet, and renowned Cuban humorist. He was born on August 18, 1966, in Pilón, Granma, Cuba. He has acknowledged that many of his stories were written inspired by his childhood in this Cuban town.

His characters El Bacán dela vida and Flor de Anís have brought him great fame and popularity on the island.

Before making his leap to television, Gudín already had a prolific career as a screenwriter, playwright, and writer. He worked as a screenwriter and actor from 1988 to 1995 in the theater group Galich and in the humor group Club de Rueda. He was the founder of the literary group SUR in Pilón in 1989 and was the president of the Hermanos Saíz Association of Pilón between 1988-1992.

He has written poetry for children, for which he was awarded at the National Meeting of Literary Workshops in 1992. He also won the October 20 Narrative Prize in 1999 and holds the National Prize for Humorous Narrative "Aquelarre" in 1998 and 2008.

He has published the books The City and the Madman (poetry), Extramuros Publishing, 2010, The Land of the Pultos (novel), SanLope Publishing, 2010, The World of Eyes 2011, Bayamo Editions (Poetry), and is part of the anthology of décimas, You Sail, Golden Island, Gente Nueva Publishing, 2009.

In 2005, he transitioned to television with the humor program Let me tell you, of which he was the creator and scriptwriter. The program had a large audience not only for its humorous style but also for the characters that paraded through it. In addition to Flor de Anís and Urbinito, played by Gudín himself, the audience began to take an interest in Professor Mentepollo (Carlos Gonzalvo) who criticized Cuban daily life with his ironic studies, Lindoro Incapaz (Rewel Remedios) who portrayed the mediocre and opportunistic director, Inspector La Llave (Miguel Moreno) who was the messenger of the boss, among other characters who embodied endemic stereotypes of the Cuban landscape. Making that kind of humor in official media has always been a great challenge, and Gudín passed the test by keeping the program on the air for many years.

Between the years 2006-2008, he won awards related to Best Humor Program on TV and Best Actor.

In 2015, he reunited with his audience as well as professional colleagues in Miami. He participated in two programs on the América Tvé channel: "El Espejo, Juan Manuel Cao" and "El Happy Hour" with his performances as El Bacán and Flor de Anís. That same year, he presented his Bacán show in Houston.

In addition, he has written the humorous segments for shows such as Fin de Semana and Para no salir de casa. Over the last ten years, he has written and directed several shows in the country's main theaters, in addition to maintaining a prolific literary work as a poet, playwright, and narrator.

He flaunts the Distinction for National Culture in 2007.

As a lover of décimas, it is common for them to use this form of composition to create humor on social media by posting poems that make fun of scarcity or the coronavirus.