Himilce Novas

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Himilce Novas (b. 1944) is a novelist, historian, journalist and human rights activist. She was born in Havana, Cuba and educated in New York City, where she has spent most of her life after fleeing Castro’s Cuba with her family in 1960. At present, she lives on both coasts and travels widely across the USA.

Himilce Novas’ career spans several decades and encompasses fiction, as well as non-fiction works. Her published work includes poetry, plays, novels, reference books, and a cookbook about Latin American cuisine on the American table. She began her career as a teenager, when Nobel Prize laureate Camilo Jose Cela published her poems in his literary journal, Papeles de son Armadans. Later, she worked as a journalist, magazine editor and publicist (L’Officiel/USA; Vanidades; The New York Times, Connoisseur, and the Christian Science Monitor among many).

Her novels, Princess Papaya and Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story represent her current published fiction in print. Her non-fiction works include: Everything You Need to Know About Latino History; Everything You Need to Know About Asian American History; Latin American Cooking Across the USA (and its Spanish translation La Buena Mesa); Remembering Selena: A Tribute in Pictures and Words/Recordando Selena: Un tributo en palabras y fotos; Latino Art and Culture in the United States; Passport Spain: Your Pocket Guide to Spanish Business, Customs & Etiquette; The Hispanic 100: A Ranking of the Latino Men and Women Who Have Most Influenced American Thought and Culture Himilce Novas’s writing credits also include a play, Free this Day: A Trial in Seven Exhibits, published by Jospeph Papp in his Shakespeare Theater journal, Scripts.

As a human rights activist, Himilce Novas was a founding member of NOW. She continues to work on behalf of women and GLTB rights and was featured in the definitive 2006 book, Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. She is a member of Veteran Feminists of America.

As visiting professor (Wellesley College; University of California, Santa Barbara; Clark University and others) and public speaker, Himilce Novas specializes on a wide range of topics, including her own fiction and non-fiction works, Latino culture, feminism, and Gay and Lesbian history and culture. While living in Santa Barbara, Himilce Novas hosted her own popular cultural interview radio talk show, The Novas Report, over KQSB 990-AM. She is a frequent contributor and serves as feature editor for The Multicultural Review.

Source: Himilce Novas website: http://supernovas.org

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