
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
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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
Cirilo Villaverde de la Paz (28 October 1812 – 24 October 1894) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter. He is best known for '' Cecilia Valdés'', a novel about classes and races in colonial Cuba.
When the poet Miguel Teu ...
Prize in 1997 by the
National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba
The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC) is a social, cultural and professional organization of writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and artist of different genres. I ...
, and was published in 1999 by Ediciones Unión, Cuba, and by Casiopea Publishing House, Spain. In 2002, she was awarded the
Premio Jaén
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for ''One Hundred Bottles''.
Her contemporaries include
Anna Lidia Vega Serova and
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 public ...
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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''
See also
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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 Colombia ...
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1972 births
Living people
Cuban women novelists
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