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Ena Lucía Portela
Ena Lucía Portela (born 19 December 1972) is a Cuban novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She focuses on lesbian subjects. Biography Ena Lucía Portela was born in Havana, 19 December 1972. She graduated from the University of Havana 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 Cirilo Villaverde Prize in 1997 by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ena Lucia Portela
Ena or ENA may refer to: Education * École nationale d'administration, French Grande école, for civil service * Education Networks of America, Internet service provider Government and politics * English National Association, a former political party * Ensame Nacionalista Astur, a defunct political party in Spain * Ethiopian News Agency, of the Government of Ethiopia * ''Étoile Nord-Africaine'' (The North African Star), a former Algerian nationalist organization People Given name or nickname * Ena von Baer (born 1974), Chilean journalist, political scientist and senator * Ena Baga (1906–2004), British pianist and theatre organist * Ena Begović (1960–2000), Croatian actress * Ena Sandra Causevic (born 1989), Danish model * Ena Cremona (1936–2024), Maltese judge at the European Union General Court * Ena de Silva (1922–2015), Sri Lankan artist * Ena Fitzgerald (1889-1962), English novelist, poet * Ena Fujita (born 1990), Japanese musician and model * Ena Gregory ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Cuban Short Story Writers
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis * Cubane Cubane is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crystalline substanc ..., a synthetic hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Essayists
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis () in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of Nuclear weapons d ... * Cubane, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Women Novelists
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis * Cubane Cubane is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crystalline substanc ..., a synthetic hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2012 was 2,106,146 inhabitants, and its area is for the capital city side and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,814,207 inhabitants in 2023. Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century. It served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá39
Bogotá39 was a collaborative project between the Hay Festival and Bogotá: UNESCO World Book Capital City 2007 in order to identify 39 of the most promising Latin American writers under the age of 39. The judges for the contest were three Colombian writers: Piedad Bonnett, Héctor Abad Faciolince and Óscar Collazos. The success of this project led to a similar project two years later called Beirut39, which selected 39 of the most promising writers from the Arab world. Africa39 followed in 2014. The 2007 list * Adriana Lisboa (Brazil) * Alejandro Zambra (Chile) * Álvaro Bisama (Chile) * Álvaro Enrigue (Mexico) * Andrés Neuman (Argentina) * Antonio García Angel (Colombia) * Antonio Ungar (Colombia) * Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama) * Claudia Amengual (Uruguay) * Claudia Hernández González (El Salvador) * Daniel Alarcón (Peru) * Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala) * Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba) * Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico) * Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador) * Gonzalo Garcés (Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Suárez
Karla Suárez (born October 28, 1969) is a Cuban writer. Biography Suárez was born on October 28, 1969, in Havana, Cuba. She studied electronic engineering while remaining interested in literature. Her career as a writer began with the publication of some of her short stories in several anthologies and magazines. The tale ''Aniversario'' (''Anniversary'') was adapted for the stage in 1996. Her first collection, ''Espuma'' (''Foam'') was published three years later, and two of its short stories were made into TV scripts for Cuban television. Her debut novel ''Silencios'' (''Silences'') won the Lengua de Trapo Prize in 1999 and has been translated into several languages. In 2010, this novel was adapted for the stage in France and, in 2013, the University choral ensemble of Montpellier, Ecume, created "Cubana soy", a creation for the musical theatre. In 2003, she won the Italian award for international short stories ''I Colori delle Donne'' and in both 2006 and 2007 was a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
