by Zoé Valdés · Almuzara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418709517
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«La intensa vida» is the autobiography of Zoé Valdés, published by Almuzara in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
Zoé Valdés recalls her childhood in Havana in the 1960s, amid shortages and the control of the Castro regime, and the awakening of her literary vocation. The narrative alternates endearing vignettes with bitter episodes, and traces her political asylum in France in 1995 and her adaptation to Paris, completing a testimony without exhaustive intent.
The work belongs to the Contemporáneos collection; the first edition was published on 15 November 2022.
It will appeal to readers of memoirs and biographies, as well as those seeking testimonies about contemporary Cuba and exile.
Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She lives with her daughter in Paris. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.
