Name Elena Aldunate Role Journalist | Died 2005, Chile | |
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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.