- Celia Correas de Zapata
Celia Correas de Zapata (born
9 October 1935 ) is an academic, poet, and author, and a leading scholar of the history of Latin American women writers. She is a professor of literature atSan Jose State University , and was director of the 1976 Conference of Inter-American Women Writers, one of the earliest U.S. conferences in this field.Born in
Argentina , she now resides inCalifornia . She edited theanthology "Short Stories by Latin America Women: The Magic and the Real" with introduction byIsabel Allende .
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