- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- La madre de la telenovela
- Delia Fiallo was born on July 4, 1924 in Havana, Cuba. She was a writer, known for El peñón del Amaranto (1993), María del Mar (1978) and La señorita Elena (1967). She was married to Pascual, Bernardo. She died on June 29, 2021 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
- SpousePascual, Bernardo(1952 - March 2019) (his death, 5 children)
- She started out writing radionovelas in Cuba in 1949, a decade before Castro came to power, and emigrated to Miami in 1966.
- She studied philosophy and literature at the University of Havana, and won a prize for one of her short stories, which helped spark her career.
- Some friends say I could have chosen a more literary genre. But this is what I feel most comfortable with. You can touch more people this way than with any book. Novelas are full of emotions, and emotions are the common denominator of humanity.
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