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Mar 01, 1925 Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Died on 01 Jan 2005 (aged 79)
Chilean writer
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About Elena Aldunate
- María Elena Aldunate Bezanilla, who wrote under the name Elena Aldunate, (March 1, 1925 – 2005) was a Chilean journalist and writer.The daughter of Arturo Aldunate Phillips.
- she was born in Santiago.
- She contributed to newspapers and magazines and also wrote scripts for radio and television.
- She published her first novel Candia in 1950 and published her first science fiction story "Juana y la cibernética" (Juana and Cybernetics) in 1963.
- She helped found the Club Chileno de Ciencia Ficción (Chilean Science Fiction Club) and served as its vice-president.Her writing features female main characters and shows the influence of Latin American feminism.
- Her science fiction writing was inspired by authors Jules Verne, H G Wells, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Hugo Correa.
- Her later writing was targeted at younger readers.
