(1947- ) poet, screenwriter, critic
Mirta Yanez was born in Havana, Cuba, and attended the University of Havana, where she later taught. Considered to be one of Cuba’s best contemporary poets who has written for Cuban film and television, she is also one of Cuba’s foremost literary critics and has written extensively about feminism in Cuban literature.
In 1996, she assembled a collection of writing by Cuban women, and in 1998, it was released in the United States with the title Cubana. This collection of 16 stories and an introductory essay by Yanez gives the reader a moving glimpse into the difficult social situation of Cuban woman today.
Yanez lives in Havana where she writes and lectures.
