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Viramontes, Helena María
Born 26 February 1954, Los Angeles, California
Daughter of Serafin and María LaBrada Viramontes; married Eloy Rodríguez, 1983; children: Pilar, Eloy
Helena María Viramontes is a short story writer, editor, and screenwriter, as well as faculty member at Cornell University.
She was born in East Los Angeles and graduated from Garfield High School. Growing up in a working-class family with eight brothers and sisters, she learned about hard work at an early age.
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If working 20 hours a week while carrying a full load at Immaculate Heart College (B.A., 1975) were not enough, she had the added pressure of being one of only five Chicanas in her class. Her first collection of short fiction, The Moths and Other Stories was published 10 years after college, in 1985.
Some of the stories, especially "Growing," have now been republished in several anthologies. This early fiction presents Chicana subjects who are a contradictory blend of strengths and weaknesse