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Helena maria viramontes bio

          Helena Maria Viramontes (born February 26, ) is a prominent Chicana fiction writer and professor of English, and activist best known for her work within....

          Viramontes was born on February 26, , in East Los Angeles, one of eight siblings in a working-class family.

        1. A teacher and mentor to countless young writers, Viramontes is currently Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English at Cornell University.
        2. Helena Maria Viramontes (born February 26, ) is a prominent Chicana fiction writer and professor of English, and activist best known for her work within.
        3. Viramontes is a Chicana writer who was born in East Los Angeles, California.
        4. Helena Maria Viramontes is a prominent Chicana fiction writer and professor of English, and activist best known for her work within marginalized communities, particularly amongst Mexican American women and migrant workers.

          5. Helena Maria Viramontes Biography

          Nationality: American. Born: East Los Angeles, 1954. Education: Immaculate Heart College, B.A., 1975; attended University of California at Irvine. Career: Teaches at Cornell University.

          Helena María Viramontes is the author of "The Moths and Other Stories" and two novels: "Under the Feet of Jesus" and "Their Dogs Came With Them.".

          Awards:Statement Magazine first prize for fiction (California State University), 1977, 1978; first prize for fiction (University of California at Irvine Chicano Literary Contest), 1979. Agent: c/o Dutton/Signet, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.

          PUBLICATIONS

          Novels

          Under the Feet of Jesus. New York, Dutton, 1995.

          Their Dogs Came with Them. New York, Dutton, 2000.

          Short Stories

          The Moths and Other Stories. Houston, Texas, Arte Publico Press, 1985.

          Paris Rats in E.L.A. N.p.

          1993.

          Other

          Chicana Creativity and Criticism: Charting New Frontiers in American Literature (co-editor, with Maria Herrera-Sobek). Houston, Texas, Arte Publico Press, 1988.

          Chicana (W)Rites: On Word and Film (co-editor, with Maria Herre