Nersys Teresita Felipe Herrera

Professor, poet and Cuban narrator. Several generations of Cubans have been educated with "Cuentos de Guane" and "Román Elé", essential works of literature created for the children of the Island, by an author who has never wanted to succumb to the temptations of the capital and move away from "her snail," as she has named her home in Pinar del Río. National Literature Prize 2011.

Considered one of the most relevant Cuban writers for children and young people, she is the author of a body of work, in prose and verse, of high aesthetic and ideological values and deep Cuban roots, which exalts feelings, recreates nature and rescues the traditions of the nation.

Graduated as a Normalista Teacher, she has worked in secondary education, as well as in the Music and Art Schools of her native province.

Nersys Felipe debuted as a radio announcer on the local station (Radio Guamá) in the 1960s of the past century and was part of the founding group of the station's drama department, where she remained for more than four decades as a scriptwriter and narrator.

She worked at the provincial station Radio Guamá as an author of children's programs, producer and dramatic actress. She entered the Provincial Literary Workshop and the Hermanos Saíz Brigade where she began to channel all her talent and creative energy.

Nersys debuted as an announcer in the Saturday cultural magazine of the former CMAB station and later moved to the children's program La Escuela del Aire. Her extensive service record also includes being part of the founding group of the drama department of Radio Guamá station in 1968, where she "embodied" multiple characters for all types of audiences, many of which are still remembered by listeners.

She also worked in Teatro Guiñol, the Polyphonic Choir and the Radio Drama Group in Pinar del Río. Her texts, set to music in songs for children, have been awarded in the Planeta Azul Children's Music Contest.

For her work as an actress and writer of radio scripts, she has also received numerous awards in various editions of the Provincial and National Festivals of Cuban Radio and in the Caracol Prize of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC).

As a jury member, she has participated in the literary prizes Casa de las Américas, La Edad de Oro, Ismaelillo, La Rosa Blanca and Hermanos Loynaz; as well as in the music contests Planeta Azul and Pedro Junco. She has traveled to Poland, France, Costa Rica, Venezuela and the former Soviet Union. She has been a member of UNEAC since 1978.

Awards and Distinctions:
Distinction for National Culture, Ministry of Culture, 1983.
La Edad de Oro Prize for her poetry collection Para que ellos canten, 1974.
Casa de las Américas Prize for her book Cuentos de Guane, 1975.
Casa de las Américas Prize for her book Román Elé. 1976.
Cuentos de Guane was selected among the ten best-sellers in Venezuela along with Por el mar de las Antillas anda un barco de papel. It is included as supplementary reading in the 3rd grade Primary Education curriculum, 1980.
Her poems are part of Primary Education reading books.
Mention (for the text) in a song to be performed by children, in the Annual Contest of Literature and Music for Children La Edad de Oro; 1982.
Cuentos de Guane was adapted, broadcast and awarded under the title "Mi familia" by Radio Moscú, 1985.
Prize (for the text) of the song "Pececito" in the Children's Music Contest. Planeta "Mogote de Bronce" of UNEAC in Pinar del Río.
Honorary Prize "D' Arte".
Medal from the Federation of Cuban Women.
Medal from La Obra Pía, from the Museum of the City of Havana.
Seal of the Laureate granted by the National Union of Culture.
Distinction for the 100 years of La Edad de Oro.
Prize "Romance de la niña mala" granted by UNEAC of Sancti Spíritus.
La Edad de Oro Prize; for her book Música y colores, 1975.
She received, for her artistic-literary career and her undeniable contributions to Cuban Culture, in 1999, by Resolution 31-2000 of the Provincial Assembly of People's Power of Pinar del Río, the Pinareño Shield.
First prize for dramatized script for children at the XXI National Festival of Cuban Radio, for Papobo ... y alguien más.
Grand Prize for Varied Programs for her dramatized script for children De una viejita te cuento at the XXIII National Festival of Cuban Radio.
The XX Provincial Book Fair 2000 was dedicated to her.
Caracol Prize for children's radio script for the dramatized script De una viejita te cuento, 2001.
Her books Cuentos de Guane, Román Elé and Maísa have also been published in Russia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Holland and Spain.
The Cuban Institute of the Book paid tribute to the writer in the space El autor y su obra, held in May, 2004.
She receives the Magistral Prize, La Rosa Blanca, granted in June, 2004.
At the Amadeo Roldán theater she was honored as an Artist of Merit of Cuban Radio, in July, 2004.
She receives Caracol mention for the radio script Una niña y su papá.
Raúl Gómez García Medal.
La Rosa Blanca Prize for her book Maísa, 1998.
Special La Rosa Blanca Prize for her body of work, 2000.
"Abril" Prize for her body of work granted by the National Union of Young Communists and Editorial Abril.
Microphone of Honor for her excellent and continued work in Radio, granted by the Cuban Institute of Broadcasting.
"Caracol" Prize for best script for children for the radio adaptation of Román Elé, 1997.
"Caracol" Prize for best radio script for children for Papobo... y alguien más, 1999.
Diploma for her 60 years of life and her fruitful work in Cuban Literature, granted by the National Board of the Institute of the Book.
Diploma for her 50 years of life and her literary work, granted by the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists.
Tribute for the 70th anniversary of her life, within the framework of the XV International Book Fair in Pinar del Río.
National Literature Prize 2011.
National Radio Prize 2023.