Benitez, Sandra (Ables)

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BENITEZ, Sandra (Ables)

BENITEZ, Sandra (Ables). American, b. 1941. Genres: Novels. Career: Gaunt High School, Affton, MO, ninth grade Spanish and English teacher, 1963-68; Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, teaching assistant, 1974; Wilson Learning Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN, freelance Spanish/English translator, 1975-76, marketing liaison in international division, 1977-80; University of San Diego, Knapp Chair in Humanities, 2000. Loft Inroads Program, Hispanic mentor, 1989-92. Fiction writer and creative writing teacher; member of the National Writers' Voice Project Reading Tour, 1994-95. Edelstein-Keller Writer of Distinction, 1997; American Book Award, 1998. Publications: A Place Where the Sea Remembers, 1993; Bitter Grounds, 1997; The Weight of All Things, 2001. Contributor of English and Spanish articles to periodicals. Address: c/o Ellen Levine, Trident Media Group, 41 Madison Ave, Fl 36, New York, NY 10010-2257, U.S.A.

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