Ena Lucía Portela (born 19 December 1972) is a Cuban novelist, essayist, and writer of short stories. She focuses on lesbian subjects.

Biography

Ena Lucía Portela was born in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, 19 December 1972. She graduated from the

University of Havana The University of Havana or (UH, ''Universidad de La Habana'') is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of the Republic of Cuba. Founded on January 5, 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the firs ...

with a degree in Classical Languages and Literature. Part of the generation known as "novísimos", her first story, "La urna y el nombre, un cuento jovial" was included in the anthology, ''Los últimos serán los primeros''. Her first novel, ''El pájaro: pincel y tinta china'', was awarded the

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Prize in 1997 by the

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, and was published in 1999 by Ediciones Unión, Cuba, and by Casiopea Publishing House, Spain. In 2002, she was awarded the Premio Jaén for ''One Hundred Bottles''. Her contemporaries include Anna Lidia Vega Serova and Karla Suárez. Her book of short stories ''Una extraña entre las piedras'' was published by Editorial Letras Cubanas, Cuba, in 1999. In 1999, she was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize for her short story, ''El viejo, el asesino y yo'', which was published by Editorial Letras Cubanas, Cuba, in 2000. Her novel ''La sombra del caminante'' was published by Ediciones Unión (Cuba) in 2001, by Editorial Kailas (Spain) in 2006, and then by Bokeh press (The Netherlands) in 2016. Her work has been published in more than twenty countries and has appeared in numerous anthologies, both in Cuba and abroad. In 2007, she was selected by the Bogotá Book Fair as one of the most important thirty-nine Latin American writers under thirty-nine.

Selected works

:* 1999: ''El pájaro: pincel y tinta china'' :* 1999: ''Una extraña entre las piedras'' :* 2000: ''El viejo, el asesino y yo'' :* 2001: ''La sombra del caminante'' :* 2002: ''Cien botellas en una pared'' :* 2008: ''Djuna y Daniel'' :*2017: ''Con hambre y sin dinero''

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* Cuban women novelists Living people 1972 births 20th-century Cuban novelists Cuban essayists Cuban women essayists Cuban women short story writers Cuban short story writers University of Havana alumni 21st-century Cuban novelists {{Cuba-writer-stub

Biography

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