Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet and screenwriter living in France. She was a member of the Cuban delegation to UNESCO (1983-1988), then of the Cuban Cultural Office in Paris. Renowned author and Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, she received in 2008 the Emilia Bernal de Literatura Prize for the whole of her work. Passionate about cinema, she also directed a film magazine, Cine Cubano from 1990 to 1995.