Havana Noir (34 page)

P
ABLO
M
EDINA
is the author of ten books of poetry and prose. His works include the new novel
The Cigar Roller
and the essay collection
Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood.
He is collaborating with Mark Statman on a new English version of García Lorca’s
Poet in New York
. Medina is on the core writing faculty of Eugene Lang College at The New School in New York City. He is currently a Visiting Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was born in Havana.

M
IGUEL
M
EJIDES
is one of Cuba’s most internationally published authors. He penned the story collections
Tiempo de Hombres
(winner of the David Prize),
El Jardín de las Flores Silvestres, Mi Prima Amada,
and
Rumba Palace,
as well as the novel
La Habitación Terrestre.
His work has been translated into English, French, German, and Italian. He lives in Havana.

A
CHY
O
BEJAS
is the award-winning author of
Days of Awe, Memory Mambo,
and
We Came all the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?
Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies. A long-time contributor to the
Chicago Tribune
, she was part of the 2001 investigative team that earned a Pulitzer Prize for the series “Gateway to Gridlock.” Currently, she is the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana.

O
SCAR
F. O
RTÍZ
went into exile at the age of eleven and has lived in South Florida ever since. His work includes the acclaimed
Archivo Delta
, a collection of novellas and novelettes, as well as
El Elegido, El Negocio del Siglo,
and
El Santo Culto
. He is currently working on a story collection featuring a Miami detective. He was born in Matanzas, Cuba, and now lives in Hialeah, Florida.

L
EONARDO
P
ADURA
is one of Cuba’s best known crime fiction writers. He is a graduate of the University of Havana and has won literary awards in Cuba, France, Spain, and throughout Latin America. He has been the recipient of three Dashiell Hammett Awards from the International Association of Crime Writers. His books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, include
Havana Blue, Havana Yellow, Havana Red,
and
Havana Black
. He lives in Havana.

E
NA
L
UCÍA
P
ORTELA
is the author of various novels, including
Cien Botellas en una Pared
, which won the 2002 Jaén Novel Prize in Spain and the Dos Océanos—Grinzane Cavour Critics Prize in France. Her work has been translated into more than seven languages. She was recently named to the Bogota 39, the Colombia International Book Fair’s list of the thirty-nine most important Latin American authors under the age of thirty-nine. She lives in Havana.

M
ARIELA
V
ARONA
R
OQUE
is an engineer at the Empresa de Construcción de la Industria Eléctrica in Holguín, Cuba. A David Prize winner, she is the author of two books of short stories,
El Verano del Diablo
and
Cable a Tierra.
Her work has been published in Cuba, Brazil, Spain, and Puerto Rico.

Y
OSS
( José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) has a degree in biology from the University of Havana. He is the award-winning author of the story collections
Timshel, W,
and
Precio Justo;
and the novels
Polvo Rojo
and
Morfeo Verdugo
. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the journals
Eleftherothypia
in Greece,
Galaxie
and
Les Auteurs
in France, and
MAX
in Italy. He lives in Havana.

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