Alba de Céspedes





Alba de Céspedes

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born
March 11, 1911 in Rome, Italy

died
November 14, 1997

gender
female


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Alba de Céspedes y Bertini was a Cuban-Italian writer.

Ms. de Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a President of Cuba) and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri. Her grandfather was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and a distant cousin was Perucho Figueredo. She was married to Francesco Bounous of the Italian foreign service

Ms. de Céspedes worked as a journalist in the 1930s for Piccolo, Epoca, and La Stampa. In 1935, she wrote her first novel, L’Anima Degli Altri. 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 assistance with Radio Partigiana in Bari. After the war...more


Average rating: 3.14 · 1,014 ratings · 51 reviews · 14 distinct works
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1952 — 6 editions
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3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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2.81 of 5 stars 2.81 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2003
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2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2000
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2.96 of 5 stars 2.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2003
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3.09 of 5 stars 3.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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2.76 of 5 stars 2.76 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2004
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2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1384 — 3 editions
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Dalla parte di lei
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1994
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