SONIA RIVERA-VALDÉS

Rivera-Valdés is considered one of the finest and most daring voices in contemporary Latin American literature. Her novels and short stories deal with the complex nature of human sexuality and how they affect all aspect of our lives. Written in easy-to-read, at times humorous prose, Rivera-Valdés texts conceal profound, and shocking truths. In 1997 she won the Casa de Las Américas literary prize, one of the most prestigious awards in Latin America, for Las historias prohibidas de Marta Veneranda (The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda). Her articles and stories have been extensively published in anthologies and literary magazines in the United States and other countries. She has been translated to English, French, Italian and Turkish. She has lived in New York since 1977.