Background
She grew up in Havana, where she ended up studying Electronic Engineering, without leaving aside her interest for literature.
She grew up in Havana, where she ended up studying Electronic Engineering, without leaving aside her interest for literature.
The beginning of her career as a writer was the publication of some of her short stories in several anthologies and magazines. The tale Aniversario (t: Anniversary) was adapted for the stage in 1996. Her first collection, Espuma (t: Foam) was published three years later, and two of its short stories were made into television scripts for Cuban television
In 2010 this novel was adapted for the stage in France and, in 2013, the University choral ensemble of Montpellier, Ecume, has made "Cubana soy", a creation for the musical theatre.
Her second short stories" collection, Carroza para actores (t: Carriage for Actors), was published in 2001. Suárez"s latest novel, Louisiana viajera (t: The Traveller) has been translated into French, Portuguese and Italian.
She also wrote the stories for two books of photos collections, published in 2007: Cuba les chemins du hasard (t: Cuba, The Paths of Chance), with the Italian photographer Francesco Gattoni and Grietas en las paredes (t: Cracks), with the Luxembourgois photographer Yvon Lambert. She got scholarships in Cuba (Razón de Ser) and France (Centre National du Livre, Paris.
Maison des Ecrivains Etrangers et Traducteurs, Saint-Nazaire.
Agence Régionale pour l"Écrit et le Livre en Aquitanie, Bordeaux. And Clermont Communauté, Clermont-Ferrand. In 2007, the Hay Festival and the organizers of the Bogotá World Book Capital selected Karla Suárez as one of the 39 highest profile Latin American writers under the age of 39.
In addition, she often writes for the Spanish newspaper El Paíson
Her latest novel Habana, año cero (t: Havana, Year Zero) was published in Portugal in 2011 and in France in 2012. After five years in Rome and six in Paris, she now lives in Lisbon from 2010.
She coordinate the Reading Club of Lisbon Instituto Cervantes. 1999: Silencios (t: Silence).
Spain, Lengua de Trapo, / RBA, 2002 / Punto de Lectura, 2008.
Cuba, Letras Cubanas, 2008. (Premio Lengua de Trapo, 1999). 2005: Louisiana viajera (t: The Traveller).
Spain, Roca Editorial.
2011: Havana Ano Zero. Portugal, Editorial Quetzal.
(French Prize Carbet from the Caribbean and Tout-Monde 2012, and the French award of the insular book 2012)
Stories:
1999: Espuma (t: Foam). Cuba, Letras Cubanas.
Colombia, Norma, 2001.
2001: Carroza para actores (t: A Carriage for Actors). Colombia, Norma, X.
2007: Grietas en las paredes (Photos: Yvon Lambert) (t: Cracks). Belgium, Husson. Book Travel:
2007: Cuba les chemins du hasard (Photos: Francesco Gattoni) (t: Cuba, The Paths of Chance).
France, Le bec en l"air.