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Norma Elia Cantú

Norma Elia Cantú (born January 3, 1947) is a Chicana postmodernist writer and the Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

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Norma Elia Cantú

Author Norma Elia Cantú at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States.

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Name
Norma Elia Cantú
Birth Name
Norma Elia Cantú Becerra
Born
3 January 1947
Birthplace
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Occupation
Writer, professor
Education
Texas A&M International University Texas A&M University–Kingsville University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nationality
Mexico.
Fields
literature, pedagogy, English studies and translation.
Honours
CantoMundo fellow.
Languages
Spanish and English.

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Norma Elia Cantú (born January 3, 1947) is a Chicana postmodernist writer and the Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Archives and collections
  4. 04Honours and memberships
  5. 05Notes, references and evidence

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