Translated into Persian by Bahman Farzaneh, La Fuga a work by Alba de Céspedes y Bertini has been reprinted in Iran.

IBNA: "La Fuga" is a collection of short stories which was debuted in Iran some 8 years ago.

Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (March 11, 1911 in Rome, Italy - November 14, 1997 in Paris, France) was a Cuban-Italian writer.

Ms. de Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a President of Cuba) and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri. Her grandfather was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and a distant cousin was Perucho Figueredo. She was married to Francesco Bounous of the Italian foreign service

Ms. de Céspedes worked as a journalist in the 1930s for Piccolo, Epoca, and La Stampa. In 1935, she wrote her first novel, L’Anima Degli Altri. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy. Two of her novels were also banned (Nessuno Torna Indietro (1938) and La Fuga (1940)). In 1943, she was again imprisoned for her assistance with Radio Partigiana in Bari. She wrote the screenplay for the Michelangelo Antonioni 1955 film Le Amiche.

After the war she went to live in Paris.

The reprint of La Fuga has been released by Qoqnoos.

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