Yoani Sanchez
Yoani María Sánchez Cordero (born September 4, 1975) is a Cuban blogger. She writes criticism about the difficulties of life for people living in Cuba under its current government. Her blog, Generation Y, is in 17 languages. She received many international awards for her blog. In November 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama, wrote that her blog "provides the world a unique window into the realities of daily life in Cuba" and applauded her efforts to "empower fellow Cubans to express themselves through the use of technology."[1] In 2011, she received the International Women of Courage Award. [2][3]
Life
changeYoani Sánchez was born September 4, 1975, in Havana, Cuba. Her father is William Sánchez. Her mother is Maria Eumelia Cordero. Her father worked for the railroad. Later, when Cuba's national railroads had problems, he worked to fix bicycles. When Sanchez was in primary school, Cuba was rich, because it received money from the Soviet Union. Later, when Sanchez was in high school and university, the Soviet Union had problems, Cuba lost the money, and Cuba's culture changed. [4]
Sanchez went to high school in the countryside". She wrote: "I left high school in the countryside feeling that nothing belonged to me, not even my body. Living in shelters creates the sensation that your whole life, your privacy, your personal possessions and even your nakedness has become public property." Sanchez decided she wanted privacy. [5]
For two years, Sánchez went to the university at Instituto Pedagógico. She studied Spanish literature. Then she went to the Faculty of Arts and Letters in 1995. She got a degree in Hispanic philology and a specialty in contemporary Latin American literature. [6]
Work
changeIn 2000, Sanchez worked for Editorial Gente Nueva, a publisher of children's books.[7] Then Sanchez worked as a Spanish teacher for German tourists in Havana." [6]
In 2002, Sánchez went to Switzerland. Two years later, she went back to Cuba. [8] Back in Cuba, Sánchez started the magazine Consenso, later named Contodos. [9] Sánchez is also involved with the digital magazine Convivencia.[10]
In 2007, Sánchez went to the "debate of the intellectuals", a conference at the House of The Americas. It was a discussion among intellectuals about Cuba’s culture. But Sanchez and others were not allowed inside, so they wrote emails. The emails became the digital magazine Contodos[11] This was the reason Sánchez started her blog, Generation Y. [12] [13]
In November 2008, Sánchez was invited to write her blog entries on The Huffington Post.[14]
Awards
change- 2008 – Ortega y Gasset Prize for Journalism [15]
- 2008 – "100 Most Influential People in the World” – Time magazine [16]
- 2008 – "100 most notable Hispanoamericans" – El País newspaper [17]
- 2008 – "10 most influential people of 2008" – Gatopardo Magazine [18]
- 2008 – “10 Most Influential Latin American Intellectuals” of the year – Foreign Policy magazine[19]
- 2009 – "25 Best Blogs of 2009" – Time magazine [20]
- 2009 – "Young Global Leader Honoree" – World Economic Forum [21][22]
- 2009 – Maria Moors Cabot prize – Columbia University Prize [23]
- 2010 – World Press Freedom Hero – International Press Institute [24]
- 2010 – Prince Claus Award – Prince Claus Fund
- 2011 – International Women of Courage Award – U.S. Department of State[25]
- 2012 – “10 Most Influential Ibero American Intellectuals” of the year – Foreign Policy magazine [1] Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
References
change- ↑ "President Obama's Responses to Yoani Sanchez's Questions". Generation Y Blog. November 19, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Yoani Sánchez". Time. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "2011 International Women of Courage Award Winners".
- ↑ "Generation Y, Lokomotiv". DesdeCuba.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Generation Y: Hobbit Hole". DesdeCuba.com. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Generation Y: Profile". Generation Y. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ↑ Sánchez, Yoani. "My Profile". Generation Y Blog. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "The Contradictions of Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez". Norman Girvan Monthly Review. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Penultimos Dias: Interview with Yoani Sanchez" (in Spanish). Penultimosdias. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ↑ "Convivencia (digital magazine)" (in Spanish). Convivencia Cuba. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ↑ "Contodos: Debate of the Intellectuals 2007" (in Spanish). Contodos. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Generation Y: One Year Later". DesdaCuba.com. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ↑ de la Yncera, Julio (November 6, 2009). "A question of tones". Generation Y. DesdeCuba.com. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Generation Y: A Little Bit of Order But Without Censorship". DesdeCuba.com. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ↑ "Premio al periodista comprometido". El País (in Spanish). August 5, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "The 2008 Time 100". Time. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "The Cuban government blocks the exit of Yoani Sanchez to receive the Ortega y Gasset Prize – English". El Pais. May 5, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ↑ "Influential people" (in Spanish). Gatopardo. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "LOS 10 INTELECTUALES MÁS INFLUYENTES DE IBEROAMÉRICA". Foreign Policy. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ↑ "25 Best Blogs 2009". Time. February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Young Global Leader Honorees 2009" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "World Economic Forum announces Young Global Leaders 2009". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Yoani Sánchez Denied Permission to Leave Cuba to Receive Cabot Prize". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ↑ "World Press Freedom Heroes: Symbols of courage in global journalism". International Press Institute. 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Women of Courage 2011". 12 March 2011.
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