After announcing the new publication on Monday, the young author, 24, told the local press that, in her poems, she tried to reflect the main conflicts of common people’s everyday life.

While assessing the text for its publication, critics described her verses as “essentially human, ranging from irony or skepticism to reflection and anguish,” characterized by their concision, brevity and convincing phrases, stated the experts.

Marienne Lufriu, an Arts Graduate from the University of Havana and from the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Literary Training Center, has obtained awards like the NOSSIDE CARIBE 2003 International Poetry Prize. She ended second and third in the Farraluque 2006 Erotic Literature Prize and the Mangle Rojo 2007 Narrative Prize, respectively. She was also given the Calendario 2008 Poetry Prize.

La ruta incierta (Loynaz Editions, 2008) and Todos los semaforos en rojo (Abril Publishing House, 2009), in addition to other works in anthologies, magazines and newspapers of Spain, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela are among Lufriu’s publications.