Mirta Gloria Yáñez Quiñoa is a Cuban

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, teacher and writer. She graduated from high school in Raúl Cepero Bonilla Special Pre-university Institute where she was considered a high-performing student. She entered 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 ...

in 1965, graduating five years later. She earned a PhD in philology (1992) at the same university, specializing in Latin American and Cuban literature, as well as in studies on Cuban women's literary discourse. She worked for many years teaching and conducting research at the University of Havana.“Todos, todos tomamos café”. Reseña crítica sobre Todos los negros tomamos café. Ezequiel Vieta. En La Gaceta de Cuba, sept. 1977, no.160, Ciudad de La Habana.

Awards

* 1970: Premio de Poesía del Concurso ''13 de Marzo'' por el poemario ''Las visitas'' * 1977: Premio de Narrativa del concurso ''La Edad de Oro'' * 1988: Premio de la Crítica por el libro de cuentos ''El diablo son las cosas'' * 1990: Premio de la Crítica por el ensayo ''La narrativa romántica en Latinoamérica'' * 1999: Premio ''Memoria'' otorgado por el Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau * 2001: Forderpreis der Iniciative LiBeraturpreis, Frankfurt, Alemania * 2005: Premio de la Crítica por el libro de cuentos ''Falsos Documentos'' * 2010: Premio de la Crítica por la novela ''Sangra por la herida'' * 2012: Premio de la Academia Cubana de la Lengua por ''Sangra por la herida''

Selected works

Stories

* ''Sangra por la herida'', 2010 * ''El búfalo ciego y otros cuentos'', 2008 * ''Serafín y las aventuras en el Reino de los Comejenes'', 2007 * ''Falsos documentos''. Cuentos, 2005 * ''Narraciones desordenadas e incompletas'', 1997 (in Spanish) * ''El diablo son las cosas''. Cuentos, 1988 (in Spanish) * ''La hora de los mameyes'', 1983 (in Spanish) * ''Yo soy Jack Johnson'', 1982 (in Spanish) * ''La Habana es una ciudad bien grande'', 1980 (in Spanish) * ''Serafín y sus aventuras con los caballitos'', 1979 (in Spanish) * ''Todos los negros tomamos café'', 1976 (in Spanish)

Poetry

* ''Un solo bosque negro'', 2003 (in Spanish) * ''Algún lugar en ruinas'', 1997 (in Spanish) * ''Poesía casi completa de Jiribilla el conejo'', 1994 (in Spanish) * ''Poemas'', 1987 (in Spanish) * ''Las visitas y otros poemas'', 1986 (in Spanish) * ''Las visitas'', 1971 (in Spanish)

Essays and critiques

* ''Cubanas a capítulo. Segunda temporada'', 2009 (in Spanish) * ''El Matadero: un modelo para desarmar'', 2005 (in Spanish) * ''Cubanas a capítulo'', 2000 (in Spanish) * ''La narrativa romántica en Latinoamérica'', 1990 (in Spanish) * ''El mundo literario prehispánico'' (collaboration), 1986 (in Spanish)

References

External links

Yáñez, Mirta – Poeta, Narradora, Ensayista
at cubaliteraria.com
Mirta Yáñez
at caribenet.info

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