Delia Fiallo is known for scripting popular shows like Lucecita, Esmeralda, Leonela, Cristal and Kassandra. Cuban screenwriter Delia Fiallo, widely seen as “the mother of the telenovela” and the writer behind international hits like the soap opera Cristal, died Tuesday in Miami at the age of 96, her daughter-in-law confirmed to AFP. A pioneer of the wildly popular romantic soap …
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