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Maria A. Nodarse

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Born

Havana, Cuba

Genre

Memoir

Member Since

July 2013

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I'm the daughter of Cuban exiles who migrated to the United States in 1960 fleeing communism. After several years working as a bilingual secretary I obtained a scholarship to Columbia University’s School of General Studies in 1968 and was later admitted to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, earning a master’s degree in 1974. My student days at Columbia politicized me, and I embraced such liberal causes as the anti-war movement and the feminist revolution. My ideas and beliefs set me apart from mainstream Cuban exiles.
While living in Manhattan I worked as a freelance editor, translator, and commercial writer. In 1979 I made a three-week trip to Cuba with a group of young left-wing exiles, after which I wrote an extensive arti ...more