Alba de Cespedes

Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997) was a bestselling Cuban-Italian feminist writer greatly influenced by the cultural developments that led to and resulted from World War II. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Itly. Two of her novels were also banned--Nessuno Torna Indietro and La Fuga. In 1943 she was again imprisoned for her assistance with Radio Partigiana in Bari, where she was a Resistance radio personality known as Clorinda. After the war, she moved to Paris, where she lived until her death.