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Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Professor, writer
Location	Taos, New Mexico, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	Teresa Dovalpage was born in Havana y now lives in Taos, New Mexico. A bilingual author, she has published five novels, three in Spanish and two in English, two collections of short stories in Spanish and one in English. Her English-language novels are A Girl like Che Guevara (Soho Press, 2004) and Habanera, a Portrait of a Cuban Family (Floricanto Press, 2010). Her collection of short stories The Astral Plane, Stories of Cuba, the Southwest and Beyond was published by the University of New Orleans Press in 2012. In her native Spanish she has authored the novels Muerte de un murciano en La Habana (Death of a Murcian in Havana, Anagrama, 2006, a runner-up for the Herralde Award in Spain), El difunto Fidel (The late Fidel, Renacimiento, 2011, that won the Rincon de la Victoria Award in Spain in 2009) and Posesas de La Habana (Haunted ladies of Havana, PurePlay Press, 2004), plus two short story collections. Her sixth novel, La Regenta en La Habana, will be published by Edebe Group in Spain in 2012. Dovalpage has a PhD in Spanish literature and currently teaches at UNM Taos. She also writes a weekly column for the local newspaper, Taos News.
Interests	Reading, writing, taking my dogs for a walk...