Georgina Herrera

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Georgina Herrera Cardenas (born April 23, 1936 in Jovellanos , Cuba ) is an Afro-Cuban writer . In addition to poetry , she also writes novels and short stories as well as scripts for radio , television and film . In her work, Herrera primarily deals with the topics of gender and Afro-Cuban history .

life and work

Georgina Herrera was born on April 23, 1936 in Jovellanos, Cuban, the capital of the Matanzas province . She started writing when she was nine. She grew up in poverty and without a father, her mother died when Herrera was 14 years old. When she was 16, her first poems were published, including in the magazines El País and Diario de la Tarde from Havana .

In 1956 Herrera moved to Havana, where she worked as a domestic help. She met women writers at her wealthy employers who encouraged her to publish their work and to attend courses. She got a job on the radio through a typing course . She married the writer Manolo Granados, from whom she later divorced, and had two children: Ignacio Teodoro also became a writer, Anaísa died in a traffic accident in 1992.

Together with Daisy Rubiera, Herrera published in 2005 under the title Golpeando la memoria. Testimonio de una poeta cubana afrodescend their memoirs . Herrera receives a lot of recognition both in Cuba and internationally. Her works have been translated into several languages. In 2016 she received for the bilingual collection of poems Always Rebellious / Cimarroneando. Selected Poems received the International Latino Book Award in the Best Bilingual Poetry Book category .

Selected bibliography

  • GH (Ediciones El Puente, 1962)
  • Gentes y cosas (Ediciones Unión, 1974)
  • Granos de sol y luna (Ediciones Unión, 1974)
  • Grande es el tiempo (Ediciones Unión, 1989)
  • Gustadas sensaciones (Ediciones Unión, 1996)
  • Gritos (Torre de Papel, 2004)
  • With Daisy Rubiera: Golpeando la memoria. Testimonio de una poeta cubana afrodescendiente (Ediciones Unión, 2005)
  • África (Ediciones Manglar y Uvero, 2006)
  • Gatos y liebres or Libro de las conciliaciones (Ediciones Unión, 2010)
  • Always Rebellious / Cimarroneando: Selected Poems (Cubanabooks, 2014).

Secondary literature

  • Carole Boyce Davies (ed.): Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora. Origins, Experiences, and Culture, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, California / Denver, Colorado / Oxford, England 2008.
  • Miriam DeCosta-Willis (ed.): Georgina Herrera, in: Daughters of the Diaspora. Afra-Hispanic Writers, pp. 137-175. Kingston / Miami 2003.
  • Paula Sanmartín: Black Women as Custodians of History. Unsung Rebel (M) Others in African American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing. Amherst, New York 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Georgina Herrera" , California State University, Chico, Cubanabooks.
  2. ↑ "Georgina Herrera" , pp. 137-175, in: Miriam DeCosta-Willis (ed.): Daughters of the Diaspora. Afra-Hispanic Writers. Kingston / Miami 2003, p. 137.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ^ "Georgina Herrera" , California State University, Chico, Cubanabooks.
  5. ↑ Justin Johnson, "Fresno States welcomes Afro-Cuban poet Georgina Herrera," The Collegian, March 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "3 Poems by Georgina Herrera" , Springhouse.
personal data
SURNAME Herrera, Georgina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrera Cardenas, Georgina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Jovellanos