Alba de Céspedes
Alba de Céspedes y Bertini was a Cuban-Italian writer born to Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada, a President of Cuba, and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri.
A journalist in the 1930s, she wrote for publications including La Stampa.
A fierce anti-fascist, she was jailed in 1935 for her political activities, and two of her novels were banned by Italian authorities.
In 1943, she was again imprisoned for supporting Radio Partigiana.
After World War II, she relocated to Paris, leaving behind a significant literary legacy that is only now receiving the widespread recognition it deserves.
