Wendy Guerra
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Wendy Guerra is a Cuban poet and novelist. Guerra contributes to different magazines, such as Encuentro, La gaceta de Cuba, and Nexos, as well as visual arts magazines.
, on Cuba's southern coast. Guerra first collection, Platea a oscuras, won her a prize from the University of Havana when she was barely 17. She then took a degree in film making at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte
. She kept a diary during this time. Guerra’s diaries formed the basis for her first novel, Todos Se Van (Everyone's Leaving), which was published in 2006, and followed its young protagonist through childhood and adolescence in Cuba
. After she returned to Cuba from Spain, where she had gone to receive the Bruguera Prize, she was removed as the hostess of her television program.
Guerra’s perception of writing is very personal; she works with life and with history. It’s the country she was born in - Cuba - that inspires her.
Wendy Guerra’s source of inspiration was Anaïs Nin
, the legendary diarist.
Biography
In 1970, the year that Guerra was born, her family moved from a small village to CienfuegosCienfuegos
Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...
, on Cuba's southern coast. Guerra first collection, Platea a oscuras, won her a prize from the University of Havana when she was barely 17. She then took a degree in film making at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte
Instituto Superior de Arte
The University of Arts of Cuba - , Instituto Superior de Arte was established on September 1, 1976 by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts....
. She kept a diary during this time. Guerra’s diaries formed the basis for her first novel, Todos Se Van (Everyone's Leaving), which was published in 2006, and followed its young protagonist through childhood and adolescence in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. After she returned to Cuba from Spain, where she had gone to receive the Bruguera Prize, she was removed as the hostess of her television program.
Guerra’s perception of writing is very personal; she works with life and with history. It’s the country she was born in - Cuba - that inspires her.
Wendy Guerra’s source of inspiration was Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories...
, the legendary diarist.
Novels
- Todos se van (Everyone's Leaving), Barcelona: Bruguera, 2006. First Bruguera prize in 2006.
- Nunca fui primera dama, Barcelona: Bruguera, 2008.
External links
- http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6371850.html
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1817288/
- Video interview of Wendy Guerra on Havana Cultura