Background
Ivonne Lamazares was born on March 29, 1962, in Havana, Cuba. At the age of 13, she left the island and settled in Miami.
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Ivonne Lamazares received her bachelor's degree from Barry University in 1984.
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Ivonne Lamazares attended Florida International University and became a Master of Science in 1985.
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In 1991 Ivonne Lamazares became a Doctor of Education, after completing studies at the University of Miami.
(During the 1960s, at the height of the Castro revolution,...)
During the 1960s, at the height of the Castro revolution, Tanya and her mother join other native Cubans on a perilous midnight escape from their homeland aboard a makeshift raft headed for refuge in the United States, but when they reach Florida, they discover that the American Dream may be more difficult to achieve than they had thought.
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Ivonne Lamazares was born on March 29, 1962, in Havana, Cuba. At the age of 13, she left the island and settled in Miami.
Ivonne Lamazares received her bachelor's degree from Barry University in 1984. Later she attended Florida International University and became a Master of Science in 1985. In 1991 she became a Doctor of Education, after completing studies at the University of Miami.
Ivonne Lamazares's short fiction has appeared in the Blue Mesa Review and the anthologies Having a Wonderful Time, and A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida. Her novel, The Sugar Island, was published by Houghton Mifflin in 2000. The paperback edition appeared in 2001, followed by translations to French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, and two Spanish translations.
She is also a professor of English at Miami-Dade Community College since 1985.
(During the 1960s, at the height of the Castro revolution,...)
2000Ivonne Lamazares is married to Steve Kronen (a poet) since October 19, 1991. They have one daughter, Sophie Kronen.