His story “The Last Element” was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1962 after receiving the support of Ray Bradbury. Simak, and Theodore Sturgeon.Ĭorrea has the distinction of being one of the first Latin American science fiction writers to be published in the United States. Although he has written realist works, he primarily works in science fiction, a genre he first became interested in after reading the works of Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. His writing career began in journalism, and from there branched out to include criticism, drama, and prose fiction. Also he was the president of the cultural committee of the Instituto Chileno Norteamericano co-founder of the Chilean SF Club and president of UFO Chile.Ĭorrea was born in the southern Chilean province of Talca in the town of Curepto. He also was a columnist in Chile at the Chilean journals “ El Mercurio” and “ La Tercera”, also at the Chilean magazines “ Ercilla” and “ Revista Paula". A couple of his stories appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Hugo Correa ( Curepto – Santiago de Chile March 23, 2008) was a Chilean journalist and science fiction writer, and is widely credited with launching modern science fiction in Latin America.
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