Diario Libre stories that Chely Lima (Cuba, 1957), one of many foremost authors of the unbelievable style in Cuba within the Seventies and Eighties, and screenwriter for movie and tv, handed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Miami.
Cuban author, poet, and screenwriter for movie and tv Chely Lima, one of many foremost authors of the unbelievable style in Cuba within the Seventies and Eighties and who settled in Ecuador within the Nineties, died in Miami at 66 years previous, the newspaper Diario de Cuba reported on Monday.
Born in Havana in 1957, Lima determined to alter his gender id a number of years in the past, which is why biographical notes check with him as “an American queer author of Cuban origin who was registered at his start as Graciella Lima Álvarez.” [. . .]
Lima studied on the College of Havana, labored on the state Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Artwork and Business (ICAIC) and revealed his first assortment of poems, “Tiempo nuestro”, in 1981.
The next yr, he revealed his ebook of brief tales “Monólogo con lluvia,” with which he received the 1980 Premio David [David Award].
In 1983 his first [series of] science fiction tales appeared, in collaboration with Alberto Serret, his companion, within the quantity “Espacio abierto.”
Each wrote the scripts for in style Cuban tv sequence equivalent to “Del lado del corazón,” “At the moment is all the time nonetheless,” and “Shiralad or the return of the gods,” along with authoring “Violente,” the primary Cuban rock opera.
Beginning in 1990, they labored on tv and radio in Ecuador, the place Lima additionally taught programs and workshops on the Catholic College of Quito and Guayaquil, Andina Simón Bolívar, Ciespal, Central College of Quito, and different instructional establishments.
In 1994 they started to collaborate with the Ecuavisa channel, for which they wrote the miniseries “El Chulla Romero y Flores” (1995), “7 lunas, 7 serpientes” (1996), and “Solo de guitarra” (1997).
From 1997 to 2003, Lima was a part of the staff of writers for the sequence “Pasado y confeso.”
In 1998 he received the Juan Rulfo Award in Kids’s Literature for his story “El cerdito que amaba el ballet” [The little pig who loved ballet.]
After Serret’s demise in 2000, Lima lived in Ecuador for 3 extra years, then lived the identical period of time in Buenos Aires and, in 2008, settled in Miami. [. . .]
For full article in Spanish, see https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/cultura/2023/01/23/fallecio-el-escritor-y-guionista-chely-lima/2204749
Additionally see a tribute by fellow author Daína Chaviano at https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2023-01-23-u208738-e199370-s27061-epitafio-chely-lima and extra articles at https://www.14ymedio.com/cultura/Muere-Miami-guionista-Chely-Lima_0_3465253447.html, https://www.diariolasamericas.com/cultura/muere-miami-el-escritor-cubano-chely-lima-los-66-anos-n5328921, and https://oncubanews.com/cultura/literatura/muere-chely-lima-escritor-y-guionista-de-series-iconicas-en-la-television-cubana/