Vallbona, Rima(-Gretel Rothe) de
VALLBONA, Rima(-Gretel Rothe) de
VALLBONA, Rima(-Gretel Rothe) de. Costa Rican/American, b. 1931. Genres: Novellas/Short stories. Career: Liceo J.J. Vargas Calvo, San Pedro Montes de Oca, Costa Rica, professor of Spanish and French, 1955-56; University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, professor, 1964-95, head of department, 1966-71, head of modern languages department, and 1978-80, Cullen Foundation Professor of Spanish, 1989-95, emeritus professor, 1995-. Visiting professor at universities worldwide. Publications: Los infiernos de la mujer y algo mas (stories), 1992, trans. as Flowering Inferno: Tales of Sinking Hearts, 1993. IN SPANISH. NOVELS: Noche en vela (title means: Night of the Wake), 1968, 4th ed., 1984; Las sombras que perseguimos, 1983, 2nd ed., 1990; Mundo, demonio y mujer, 1991. SHORT STORIES: Polvo del camino, 1973; La salamandra rosada, 1979; Mujeres y agonias, 1982, 2nd ed., 1989; Baraja de soledades, 1983; Cosecha de pecadores, 1988; El arcangel del perdon, 1990; Tejedoras de suenos vs. realidad, 2003. OTHER: Yolanda Oreamuno (nonfiction), 1971; La obra en prosa de Eunice Odio (critical anthology), 1981; Vida i Sucesos de la Monja Alferez (critical ed.), 1992; Tormy, La gata prodigiosa de Donaldito (children's story), 1997; La narrative de Yolanda Oreamuno (nonfiction), 1998. Address: 3706 Lake St, Houston, TX 77098, U.S.A. Online address: rvallbona@aol.com