Anna Lidia Vega Serova

Born in the former USSR to a Russian/Ukrainian mother and Cuban father, Anna Lidia Vega Serova settled in Havana, Cuba, in 1989. Originally a visual artist, in 1997 she won the Premio David for her first short-story collection, Bad Painting. She has become a recognised figure in the Cuban literary scene, with eight short story collections, three books of poetry, and two novels. Through both her words and her painting, her work is noteworthy for its very personal reflection of daily life, grindingly yet magically real, as experienced in present-day Cuba.