Georgina Herrera Cardenas

Georgina Herrera was born in Jovellanos, Province of Matanzas, Cuba on the 23rd of April, 1936. She has been living in Havana since 1962, working in radio. She has written novels, short stories, and theater scripts for this medium, emphasizing in them women's realities as well as black women's problems.

Georgina has participated in various international events in radio, on African issues, and on women.

She received prizes in radio and literature as a poet. Her poems have been studies in universities in England, Canada, and the United States.

She is currently working on a project concerning the presence of women in the media so as to participate in the Spanish American Women's meeting to be celebrated in Havana.

She recently returned from New York, where she participated in the Yari Yari African women writers' conference.

For the past two years, she has written a show for Cuban television, Te Lo Cuentan Las Estrellas ("The Stars Tell You About It"), which concerns women's issues around the world and during all times.

She also worked on the script of Roots of My Heart, directed by Gloria Rolando.

Georgina Herrera can be found at UNEAC, the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba or at home.