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  1. Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (11 March 1911 – 14 November 1997) was a Cuban-Italian writer.

  2. Jan 13, 2023 · Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (1911-97) was born in Rome, the daughter of a Cuban diplomat and his Italian wife. Her grandfather helped lead Cuba’s fight for independence and served as its first ...

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  3. Mar 8, 2023 · The 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook, by Cuban-Italian author Alba de Céspedes, reveals secret diary entries that give an insight to thoughts rarely expressed, writes Clare Thorp.

  4. Nov 14, 1997 · Alba de Céspedes y Bertini was a Cuban-Italian writer. Ms. de Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a President of Cuba) and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri. Her grandfather was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and a distant cousin was Perucho Figueredo.

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    • November 14, 1997
    • March 11, 1911
  5. Feb 23, 2023 · The Italian-Cuban anti-fascist novelist, poet and screenwriter Alba de Céspedes began her writing career after an early divorce when she was only 20. She published her first book in 1935, while...

  6. Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cuban feminist writer Alba de Céspedes, whose work inspired contemporary writers like Elena Ferrante. In this modern translation by acclaimed Elena Ferrante translator Ann Goldstein, Forbidden Notebook centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife living in postwar Rome.

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  8. May 8, 2024 · Alba de Céspedes’s life of resistance. Informed by the novelist’s fight against Fascism in Italy, Her Side of the Story is a remarkable investigation into selfhood.