Daína Chaviano

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Daína Chaviano is a Cuban author. She won her first literary award when she was studying at the University of Havana. While living in her homeland, she published several science fiction and fantasy books, becoming the most renowned and best-selling author for those genres in Cuban literature. She has been equally successful as a writer of fantasy/SF and in mainstream literature, winning various awards in both fields. Her works has been translated into German, Czech, French, English, and other languages.

Her literary subjects cover mythology, eroticism, ancient history, sociology, politics and magic, all blend in a unique personal style portrayed in poetic and sensual images.

Among her books are El hombre, la hembra y el hambre (Azorin Award for Best Novel, Planeta 1998), Casa de juegos (Planeta 1999) and Gata encerrada (Planeta 2001), these titles being part of the novelistic series «The Occult Side of Havana». She lives in US since 1991.

Outside Cuba:

* 2006: La isla de los amores infinitos (novel). Grijalbo, Spain.

* 2005: El abrevadero de los dinosaurios (short stories). Nueva Imagen, Mexico.

* 2004: Los mundos que amo (short novel). Alfaguara, Bogota, Colombia.

* 2003: Fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre (novel). Oceano, Mexico.

* 2001: País de dragones (short stories). Espasa Juvenil, Madrid, Spain.

* 2001: Gata encerrada (novel). Planeta, Barcelona, Spain.

* 1999: Casa de juegos (novel). Planeta, Barcelona, Spain.

* 1998: El hombre, la hembra y el hambre (novel). Planeta, Barcelona, Spain.

* 1994: Confesiones eróticas y otros hechizos (poetry). Betania, Madrid. Spain

In Cuba:

* 1990: El abrevadero de los dinosaurios (short stories).

* 1989: La anunciación (film script).

* 1988: Fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre (novel).

* 1986: Historias de hadas para adultos (novellas).

* 1983: Amoroso planeta (short stories).

* 1980: Los mundos que amo (short stories).

Awards

* 2003: Goliardos Fantasy International Award (Mexico). Fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre.

* 1998: Azorín Prize for Best Novel (Spain). El hombre, la hembra y el hambre.

* 1990: Anna Seghers Award, Academy of Arts in Berlin (Germany). Fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre.

* 1989: National Prize of Children's and Young People's Literature "La Edad de Oro" ("The Golden Age"), Cuba. País de dragones.

* 1988: “13 de marzo” (Cuba). Best Literary Film Script. La anunciación.

* 1979: David National Prize for Best SF Book (Cuba). Los mundos que amo.

Links

[Daína Chaviano's Official Site]. English and Spanish.

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