Ana Veciana-Suarez
{{Short description|Cuban columnist (born 1956)}}
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Ana Veciana-Suarez (born 1956 in Cuba){{cite web | title=Veciana-Suarez, Ana 1956-| website=Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary | date=15 November 2002 | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/veciana-suarez-ana-1956 | access-date=27 July 2017}} is a syndicated columnist, author and former journalist. Her columns are distributed by Tribune Content Agency.{{cite web |title=Ana Veciana-Suarez articles |url=https://tribunecontentagency.com/premium-content/lifestyle/ana-veciana-suarez/ |website=Tribune Content Agency}} She lives in Miami, Florida.
Early life and education
Veciana-Suarez was born in Havana, Cuba. Her family migrated to the United States when she was six years old. Her father Antonio Veciana is a Cuban exile who was involved in several assassination attempts against Fidel Castro. In 2003, she pleaded guilty to a federal contempt- of court charge for not disclosing her father's criminal history during the jury selection for a federal civil trial.{{Cite web |title=Herald writer pleads guilty to 2003 contempt charge |url=https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/exile/veciana-perjury.htm |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.latinamericanstudies.org}} She was sentenced to 18 months of probation, ordered to serve 60 hours of community service, and fined $5,000.{{Cite web |last=By |date=2006-02-10 |title=Miami columnist fined |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2006/02/10/miami-columnist-fined-2/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}
Veciana-Suarez graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Florida. She has worked at The Miami News, The Palm Beach Post and most recently, The Miami Herald. For her journalism work, she was awarded a National Headliner, a Clarion Award, a Green Eyeshade and two Sunshine State Awards.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
Published works
- The Chin Kiss King (Plume, 1998).{{cite web | last=Gladstone | first=Jim | website=The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia | date=7 September 1997 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/07/bib/970907.rv104243.html | access-date=27 July 2017 | title=Books}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WParch/temp_archive/061f-072597-idx.html |title=Their Cross to Bear |first=Carolyn |last=See |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 25, 1997 |page=D02 |accessdate=16 August 2017}} It was originally published in English by Farrar Strass Giroux in 1997. It was re-issued in 2015.
- Birthday Parties in Heaven (Plume, 2000)
- Flight to Freedom (Scholastic, 2002). It was reissued in 2016.
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- Hispanic Media: Impact and Influence (1990)
- Hispanic Media, USA: A Narrative Guide to the Print and Electronic Hispanic News Media in the United States (1987)
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Ana Veciana-Suarez|url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/ana-veciana-suarez/|website=www.scholastic.com}} — Biography on Scholastic
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Category:American women journalists
Category:21st-century American women
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