Location: Havana
Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas
Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas (Guantánamo, 1991) is a playwright, writer and performer. She has written three poetry collections, and won the David Prize for Poetry in 2017 and the Havana Poetry Biennial Prize. She is the creator of several performances in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, German, Canada and Switzerland. The Weasel and The Whore is her debut novel and was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2020 as well as the English PEN Award for our English translation.
