Da�na Chaviano is a Cuban writer. She is considered one of the three most important female fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Ang�lica Gorodischer and Elia Barcel�, forming the so-called ?feminine trinity of science fiction in Latin America.? In Cuba, she published several science fiction and fantasy books, becoming the most renowned and best-selling author in those genres in Cuban literature. Since leaving the island, she has distinguished herself with a series of novels incorporating historical and more contemporary matters as well as mythological and fantastic elements. 

January 1st, 1960 in Havana (Age 64)