Daína Chaviano (Author)

Daína Chaviano is not only one of the most important Science Fiction authors in her country, but also one of the greatest experts on the development of the genre in the island. In this interview, Chaviano analyzes and gives her opinions on the past, present and possible future of Cuban SF.
"Although it seems paradoxical, the best studies that I've read on Cuban SF come from the United States and aren't done by Cubans. In many American universities there are special chairs for SF that include courses and curriculums dedicated to the genre. Those academics hold annual congresses where hundreds of papers are read and analyzed. Among them, I know several scholars who study the evolution of the genre on the Island [...]. Whenever Cuban scholars decide to study this area of literature, they will necessarily have to count on bibliographies and analyses published before them by their foreign colleagues." (Complete text in PDF).