Yanitzia Canetti

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| name = Yanitzia Canetti

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| birth_date = 1967

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

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| occupation = writer, translator, editor

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| children = 2

| awards = National Literature Award (Cuba) in 1984, 1985, 1986;

White Rose Literature Award (Cuba) in 1994;

Honorable Mention Award from the National Association of Hispanic Publications, California in 1997

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Yanitzia Canetti (born 1967 in Havana City, Cuba)[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61104.Yanitzia_Canetti GoodReads website, Yanitzia Canetti’]{{cite web |last=Contreras |first=Russell |date=December 25, 2005 |title=Translating success |url=https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2005/12/25/translating-success/31145178007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919003656/https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2005/12/25/translating-success/31145178007/ |archive-date=2023-09-19 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=Ocala StarBanner}} is a Cuban-American author, translator, editor, and professor. She has written over 300 books in various genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, essays, theatre, and children's books, as well as translating over 200 children's books into Spanish.{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Yanitzia Canetti {{!}} Merrimack College |url=https://www.merrimack.edu/profiles/yanitzia-canetti/ |access-date=October 5, 2023 |website=www.merrimack.edu |language=en-US}} She is also a visiting lecturer in Spanish at Salem State University, Massachusetts.[https://www.merrimack.edu/academics/arts-and-sciences/faculty/ Merrimack College, Academics section, Arts and Science, retrieved October 10, 2024]

Canetti has received several awards for her work, including the National Literature Award (Ministry of Education, Cuba) in 1984, 1985, and 1986. She also won the White Rose Literature Award (Best Literature of the Year, Cuba) in 1994 and an Honorable Mention Award from the National Association of Hispanic Publications in California in 1997.

She currently resides with her two sons in Boston, Massachusetts.