Zoé Valdés
Encyclopedia
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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She studied in the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but never graduated. From 1984 to 1988, she worked at the Delegación de Cuba in UNESCO
UNESCO
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in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She currently lives with her third husband and daughter in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Awards
- 1982 Premio de Poesía Roque Dalton y Jaime Suárez Quemain
- 1995 Finalista del Premio PlanetaPremio PlanetaThe Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original novel written in Spanish . It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta....
. - 1997 Premio Liberatur Preis otorgado a La nada cotidiana.
- 2004 Premio de Novela Ciudad de TorreviejaPremio de Novela Ciudad de TorreviejaThe Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 2001 by the publisher Plaza & Janés to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish...
, La Eternidad del Instante
Works
- 2008 La ficción Fidel
- 2004 La eternidad del instante
- 2003 Lobas de mar
- 2001 Milagro en Miami
- 2000 El pie de mi padre
- 1999 Querido primer novio
- 1999 Los aretes de la luna
- 1999 Cuerdas para el lince
- 1998 Traficantes de belleza
- 1997 Café Nostalgia
- 1997 Los poemas de la Habana
- 1996 Te di la vida entera
- 1996 Cólera de ángeles
- 1995 La nada cotidiana
- 1995 La hija del embajador
- 1993 Sangre azul
- 1986 Respuestas para vivir
- 1986 Todo para una sombra
- 1986 Vagón para fumadores
External links
- Website of Zoé Valdés (Spanish)