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Books Rain of scorpions and other writings, Sor Juana and other plays | ||
Estela Portillo-Trambley was a Chicana writer known for her poetry and plays.
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Biography
Portillo-Trambley was born on January 16, 1936 in El Paso, Texas. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Texas at El Paso and had a career as a high school teacher from 1957 to 1964, at the El Paso Technical Institute, before dedicating herself to writing. She is the first Chicana to publish a short story collection and the first to write a musical comedy. She was the resident dramatist at El Paso Community College from 1970-75. While there she produced and directed the college's dramatic productions and served as a drama instructor. She died on December 1, 1999.
Awards
Portillo-Trambley won the 1973 Quinto Sol Award, a literary award presented by Quinto Sol Publications. and in 1985 attained second place in the 1985 New York Shakespeare Festival's Hispanic American playwright's competition for her play Black Light. In 1990 she was named Author of the Pass by the El Paso Herald Post. and was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.