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# Zoe Valdes

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Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate.

## Quick Facts About Zoe Valdes

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## About Zoe Valdes

Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She lives with her daughter in Paris. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.

##  Quotes by Zoe Valdes

> [“Traveling with a man is traveling alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-valdes/traveling-with-a-man-is-traveling-alone/)

Zoe Valdes

[Travel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel/)

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> [Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-valdes/frankly-i-don-t-think-you-should-perform-in-a-plaza-where-thousands/)

Zoe Valdes

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