country: Cuba

María Elena Llana

María Elena Llana was born in Cuba in 1963. She is a writer, journalist and lecturer in journalism. She is considered one of the most important contemporary short story writers in Cuba. Her second book won the National Critics’ Prize in 1984. Her work has been translated into various languages.

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The Collector

He was a famous salsa singer. She collected things and did occasional tattoos. He was married to a rich Japanese businesswoman. She had a French lover. They met by chance. She was trying to convince a cafeteria clerk that five cents didn’t make any difference in the price of a pack of cigarettes. The clerk, […]

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Karla Suárez

Karla Suárez is a Cuban writer. She was born in Havana in 1969. Since her childhood, she has been passionate about mathematics, writing stories, and music. She studied classical guitar and has a degree in electronic engineering, a profession she continues to develop. Suárez is the author of five collections of short stories and four […]

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