Portillo-Trambley, Estela (1936–1999)

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Portillo-Trambley, Estela (1936–1999)

American playwright, educator and short-story writer. Name variations: Estela Portillo; Estela Trambley; Estela Portillo Trambley. Born Estela Portillo, 1936, in El Paso, TX; died spring 1999; children: 6.

Taught high school, hosted tv show, and worked as director of Fine Arts in El Paso schools; writings include Day of the Swallows (1971), Impressions by a Chicana (1974), Rain of Scorpions (1975), Sun Images (1979), Sor Juana and Other Plays (1983), and Trini (1986); edited special edition of El Grito (1973). Awarded Quinto Sol Literary Prize (1972).