12 Facts About Wendy Guerra

Wendy Guerra has been described as "a kind of diva of contemporary Cuban literature".

Wendy Guerra's father was Cuban playwright Raul Guerra, who died alcoholic and begging for alms on the streets.

Wendy Guerra has a half brother, plastic artist Sandro Guerra Garcia.

Wendy Guerra then earned a degree in film, radio and television direction at Havana's Instituto Superior de Arte.

Wendy Guerra appeared on Cuba's first morning television show, Buenos Dias, where she read children's stories.

Wendy Guerra worked as an actress on Cuban television and in film, but considers her abilities limited, though she found the experience useful as a student of character and interpretation.

Wendy Guerra kept diaries that formed the basis for her first novel, Todos se van, which was published in Spain.

Wendy Guerra published her novel Posar desnuda en la Habana in 2012, after conducted research in Havana and Paris and read Nin's unexpurgated diaries.

In 2016, Wendy Guerra published Domingo de Revolucion in Spain, the story of a Cuban author who publishes a book of poems in Europe and is the object of suspicion by both the Cuban government and Cuban dissidents.

Wendy Guerra's writing has appeared in such magazines as Encuentro, La gaceta de Cuba, and Nexos, as well as in magazines devoted to the visual arts.

Wendy Guerra has been a guest lecturer at Princeton University and Dartmouth College.

Wendy Guerra received the Carbet des Lyceens prize in 2009.