Alina García-Lapuerta

Recreating the Life of the Condesa de Merlin - Havana, Madrid, Paris

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Book presentation and signing

18 July, 2014 by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

October 7th from 6-7:30 pm Palm Beach Bookstore 215 Royal Poinciana Way Palm Beach, FL

Events

La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the life of the Condesa de Merlin – including audio-visual presentation

18 July, 2014 by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

Thursday September 11th, 2014 – 7:00pm Cuban Heritage Collection co-sponsored by Books and Books Goizueta Pavilion Richter Library University of Miami Coral Gables, FL

Events

La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the Life of a Cuban-Born Star of 19th-Century Parisian Society

18 June, 2014 by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

Thursday, September 25, 2014 reception at 6:30 pm, program at 7:00 pm Copley Formal Lounge Copley Hall Georgetown University Book signing to follow RSVP by September 22 at library.georgetown.edu/rsvp or 202.687.7446

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La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the life of a Cuban-born star of 19th century Parisian society – Mercedes Santa Cruz, Comtesse Merlin

18 June, 2014 by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

Monday, September 29 2014 – 6:30-8:00 pm The New York Public Library (NYPL) Mid-Manhattan Branch 455 Fifth Avenue Program Biographer Alina García-Lapuerta will discuss her book, La Belle Créole: The Cuban Countess who Captivated Havana, Madrid and Paris, chronicling the story of the acclaimed singer, salon hostess and Cuba’s earliest female author. Mercedes defied all […]

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3rd Annual Comadres & Compadres Latino Writers Conference

4 May, 2014 by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

Saturday, September 27, 2014
Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, New York

Alina Garcia-Lapuerta will be a panelist at the 3rd Annual Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference.

For further details please visit: LasComadres.com

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About the Author

Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

A Cuban American living in London and researching the life of a nineteenth century Cuban writer and socialite who spent most of her life in Europe…it makes sense somehow! [...]

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My Havana Journey

La Belle Créole’s Havana: A Walking Tour

Casa de las Beatas Cárdenas

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Research

Paris Avant – Searching for Mercedes’ Vanished World

Tuileries 1830s

After tracking Mercedes through the streets of old Havana, I thought that Paris would be a relatively easy task. After … [Read More...]

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