Wendy Guerra

**Wendy Guerra** (wakababika pa 11 Disembala 1970), wakuchemeka **Wendy Guerra Torres**, ni mulembi wa mabuku wa ku Cuba, wakufuma ku Miami.

Pamanyuma pa kucita maseŵero gha pa filimu na pa wayilesi ya ku Cuba, wakamba kulemba mabuku ndipo wakazomerezgeka luŵiro comene mu vyaru vinyake kuluska mu Cuba. Ŵanthu ŵakumuwona kuti ni "mulembi wa mabuku gha ku Cuba".

Mabuku ghake ghatatu ghakafuma mu Cuba: *Platea a oscuras* (poetry, Havana: Universidad de La Habana, 1987), *Cabeza rapada* (poetry. Havana: Letras Cubanas, 1996) and *Posar desnuda en La Habana* (Havana: Letras Cubanas, 2014).

## Mbili
Guerra wakababika pa 11 Disembala 1970 ku Havana mu malo agho pamanyuma pake wakaghazunura kuti "chipatala chichoko cha chigaŵa". Nyengo yichoko waka, mbumba yake yikasamukira ku Cienfuegos, kumwera kwa Cuba. Amama ŵake, Albis Torres, ŵakaŵa mulembi wambura kusindikizgika. Awiske ŵakaŵa Raúl Guerra, wakulemba maseŵero wa ku Cuba, uyo wakafwa na uloŵevu ndipo wakapemphanga vyawanangwa mu misewu. Wakaŵa na munung'una wake munyake, Sandro Guerra García, uyo wakaŵa mulembi wa vinthu vyakuwoneka makora.

Buku lake lakwamba la mapowemu lakuti Platea a oscuras, likamupa chawanangwa cha "13 de marzo".

Kufuma apo, wakasambira vya mafilimu, wayilesi na wayilesi ku Instituto Superior de Arte ku Havana. Wakawonekeranga pa pulogiramu yakwamba ya pa wayilesi ya ku Cuba, Buenos Días, apo wakaŵazganga nkhani za ŵana. Wakagwiranga nchito ya ku Cuba pa TV na mu mafilimu, kweni wakawonanga kuti maluso ghake ghakaŵa ghacoko. Mu mafilimu ghake muli Hello Hemingway (1990).

Wakasunganga madayari agho ghakaŵa ghakwamba kulembeka mu buku lake lakwamba, Todos se van (Waliyose Wakufumapo). Buku ili likulongosora umo munthu uyo wakulemba buku ili wakakulira mu Cuba. Buku ili likalembeka kuti liŵe filimu yakulembeka na Sergio Cabrera wa ku Colombia. Cabrera wakawoneska filimu iyi ku Cuba ndipo pamasinda yikayowoyeka pa Havana Film Festival.

Mu 2012, Guerra wakafumiska buku lake lakuti Posar desnuda en la Habana (Posing Nude in Havana). Mu buku ili, vinthu vinyake ivyo Nin wakalemba mu buku lake vyalembeka mu mabuku ghautesi. Mu 2014 buku ili likapelekeka ku Cuba (Alejo Carpentier room, La Cabaña Fortress) pa 23rd Havana's International Book Fair.

Mu 2013, wakafumiska buku lakuti Negra in Spain, ilo likulongosora za kusankhana mitundu mu charu cha Cuba.

Mu 2016, Guerra wakafumiska Domingo de Revolución (Revolution Sunday) mu Spain, nkhani ya mulembi wa ku Cuba uyo wakafumiska buku la sumu mu Europe ndipo boma la Cuba na awo ŵakususka boma la Cuba ŵakumugomezga.

Ivyo Guerra wakalemba vili kulembeka mu magazini nga ni Encuentro, La gaceta de Cuba, na Nexos, kweniso mu magazini ghakulongosora vya luso. Wakasambizganga pa Princeton University na Dartmouth College. Mabuku ghake ghali kung'anamulika mu viyowoyero vinandi.

Wakutengwa kwa Ernán López-Nussa, uyo wakwimba piyano.

Pambuyo pokhala ku Chile, adakhazikika ku Miami, ngati gawo la gulu la anthu othawa kwawo ku Cuba, komwe adayamba kugwira ntchito ngati wopanga zina za CNN en Español mu 2021.

## Awards and honours
Mu 2009, wakapokera chawanangwa cha Carbet des Lycéens. Mu 2010, boma la France likamupa zina lakuti Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

## Mabuku ghakulembeka
### Ndakatulo
**Platea a oscuras* (Havana: Universidad de La Habana, 1987)
**Cabeza rapada* (Havana: Letras Cubanas, 1996)
**Ropa interior* (Bruguera, 2009)
***A Cage Within* (Harbor Mountain Press, 2013); translated by Elizabeth Polli

### Mabuku
**Todos se van* (*Everyone's Leaving*) (Barcelona: Bruguera, 2006)
***Everyone Leaves* (2013); translated by Achy Obejas
**Nunca fui primera dama* (*I was never the grand dame*) (Barcelona: Bruguera, 2008)
**Posar desnuda en La Habana* (*Posing Nude in Havana*); Alfaguara (2012), Havana: Letras Cubanas (2013)
**Negra* (Editorial Anagrama, 2014)
**Domingo de Revolución* (Anagrama, 2016)
***Revolution Sunday* (2018); translated by Achy Obejas

## Ukaboni

## Vigaŵa vya kuwalo
*Habáname, Guerra's blog hosted by *[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]*
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*"Wendy Guerra, Writer", biography and video interview in Spanish with English subtitles, Havana Cultura