Lidice Megla (she/her) (Cuba, 1968) is a Cuban Canadian writer, poet, and translator based in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, on the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. Her poetry has appeared in anthologies and literary magazines in Canada and internationally. She is the author of more than 15 published books of poetry, essays, and narrative, and has translated more than a dozen books across poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and art-related works. She won First Prize in the 10th International Poetry Contest “El Mundo lleva Alas” in 2018 and was a finalist in the Dulce María Loynaz Poetry Contest in 2021. She serves on the Board of the Literary Translators Association of Canada as Administrator at Large for the Western Region and is a member of the League of Canadian Poets and the Federation of Writers of British Columbia. She works between English and Spanish, with a focus on literary translation, cultural nuance, and cross-language collaboration. In 2024, she was nominated for a Nanaimo Women of Influence Award in the Arts and Culture category. Lidice is the winner of the poetry and short story contest for the National Gallery of Canada's “Diego Rivera Meets Henry Moore” exhibition with her poem Geographies of Beauty.