Elena Aldunate

María Elena Aldunate Bezanilla, who wrote under the name Elena Aldunate, (1 March 1925 – 2005) was a Chilean journalist and writer. 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.

Selected works Source: El señor de las mariposas (Lord of the Butterflies), story collection (1967) Del cosmos las quieren vírgenes (The Cosmos Wants Them Virginal), novel (1977) Angélica y el delfín (Angélica and the Dolphin), collection (1977). The title story received second prize in the "Nueva Dimensión" competition. Cuentos de Elena Aldunate: La dama de la ciencia ficción (Stories by Elena Aldunate: The Lady of Science Fiction), collection (2011)