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- About the Author: Zoé Valdés (La Habana, 1959), escritora de poesía, novela y guiones cinematográficos, ingresó en la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad de La Habana, y entre 1984 y 1988 formó parte de la Delegación de Cuba ante la Unesco en París.
- 240 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Literary Figures
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"Zoâe Valdâes grew up in Havana back in the sixties, as a restless and sappy girl, between the deprivations and the iron control of the Castro dictatorship. At that time, she did not know that, a few years later, she would become the most famous Cuban writer of her time. But the yearning for freedom, as in so many other cases, ultimately prevailed, and in 1995, while invited to a conference on Josâe Martâi in Paris, she asked for political asylum in France. That decision would mark her life and would be the beginning of a long series of recognitions and awards for a fruitful and impeccable literary career. In "The Intense Life Zoâe looks back and remembers the land in which she was born and its people, as well as the beginnings of her passion for writing. The funniest and most endearing stories go hand in hand with the bitter moments, when the shadow of the Castro regime reveals its true face. But there is also room here for Parisian episodes of immersion in a new culture, strange but fascinating, or titles such as that of Samuel Beckett, thus configuring a sort of memoirs without an exhaustive desire and with the genuine imprint of a writer of race, who turns everything she touches into literature." --About the Author
Zoé Valdés (La Habana, 1959), escritora de poesía, novela y guiones cinematográficos, ingresó en la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad de La Habana, y entre 1984 y 1988 formó parte de la Delegación de Cuba ante la Unesco en París. Tras regresar, comenzó a ganarse la vida como guionista y luego fue subdirectora de la revista Cine Cubano. En 1995, invitada a unas jornadas sobre José Martí en París, pidió asilo político. 'Sangre azul' fue su primera novela, género que más ha cultivado aunque sin abandonar la lírica; ha editado también literatura infantil. Entre sus galardones destacan el Fernando Lara de Novela por 'Lobas de mar' y el Azorín por 'La mujer que llora'. Ha sido tres veces finalista al Médicis Extranjero en Francia, y ha sido asimismo finalista del Premio Planeta con 'Te di la vida entera'. Fue redactora jefe de la revista de arte ARS Magazine (EE.UU.) y colabora en publicaciones como El País, El Mundo, El Semanal, Qué leer, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur o El Universal de Caracas. Jurado de prestigiosos certámenes literarios, además de escribir guiones ha codirigido un cortometraje --'Caricias de Oshún'-- y ha sido miembro del Gran Jurado del Festival de Cannes. Su obra ha sido traducida a numerosos idiomas.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Literary Figures
Publisher: Berenice
Format: Paperback
Author: Zoe Valdes
Language: Spanish
Street Date: February 14, 2023
TCIN: 1003141672
UPC: 9788418709517
Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-5244
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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