Elaine Vilar Madruga

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Elaine Vilar Madruga is a Cuban poet, fiction writer, and playwright whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies around the globe. She has authored more than thirty books, most recently Los años del silencio (2019). Translated by Toshiya Kamei, Elaine’s short stories and poems have appeared in venues such as Bitter Oleander, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Star*Line.

  • Elaine Vilar Madruga
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