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Abel Sierra Madero

Abel Sierra Madero (born in Matanzas, 1976) is a Cuban author and scholar who was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize in 2006.

He holds a PhD in History from the University of Havana (2009) and second PhD in Literature from New York University (2019). His work has contributed with a transdisciplinary approach to the field of History of Sexuality. According to the historian Louis A. Pérez, "an original contribution to the historiography of Cuba is found in Abel Sierra Madero, ''Del otro lado del espejo'': la sexualidad en la construcción de la nación cubana. Additionally, his work is taught in courses about Latin America and Cultural Studies in universities in the United States. Abel Sierra Madero has also been invited to deliver lectures in universities such as, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, NYU and many others.

Aside from the Casa de las Américas Prize, he has received various awards and fellowships, including The Martin Duberman (CLAGS, CUNY); Research Fellowship, International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS)/Ford Foundation; ERASMUS (European Community); Research Fellowship "Sexualities, Masculinities and Modernities", Ford Foundation/South-South Exchange Program for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS); and "Catauro Cubano", Cuban Book Institute Award for his contribution to the Social Sciences in Cuba.

Sierra Madero has contributed with several magazines, journals, and newspapers such as ''Letras Libres'', ''Cuban Studies'', ''The Rumpus'', ''Diario de Cuba'', ''El Nuevo Herald'', ''Hypermedia Magazine'' among others. Provided by Wikipedia