Alba De Céspedes

Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997) was a bestselling Cuban-Italian feminist writer greatly influenced by the cultural developments that led to and resulted from World War II. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy. Two of her novels were also banned-- Nessuno Torna Indietro (1938) and La Fuga (1940). In 1943, she was again imprisoned for her work with Radio Partigiana in Bari, where she was a Resistance radio personality known as Clorinda. After the war, she moved to Paris,...See more

Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997) was a bestselling Cuban-Italian feminist writer greatly influenced by the cultural developments that led to and resulted from World War II. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy. Two of her novels were also banned-- Nessuno Torna Indietro (1938) and La Fuga (1940). In 1943, she was again imprisoned for her work with Radio Partigiana in Bari, where she was a Resistance radio personality known as Clorinda. After the war, she moved to Paris, where she lived until her death in 1997. See less