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Rima de Vallbona

Rima de Vallbona, born Rima Gretchen Rothe, was born on 15 March 1931 in San José. With a degree in philosophy and letters from the University of Costa Rica, diplomas from the Sorbonne and the University of Salamanca and a doctorate from Middlebury College, she taught first at the Vargas Calvo secondary school, then, from 1964, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where she chaired the Spanish department and became professor emerita in 1995. A short-story writer and novelist, she also devoted essays to Yolanda Oreamuno and Eunice Odio.

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