Martha Gil-Montero

Background

Martha Gil-Montero was born on September 27, 1940 in Cordoba, Argentina, in the family of Rosendo and Beatriz Eugenia (Premoli) Gil-Montero. They immigrated to U.S. in 1976, and since 1989 she is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Education

Martha received lower certificate in English at Cambridge University in 1959 and certificate of proficiency in English in 1964. Then she got diploma de capacidad in French at Alliance Francaise. She also attended Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, 1966, and Georgetown University, 1985.

Career

Since 1960 Martha works as an author, editor, researcher, and lecturer.

Achievements

• Martha is famous for her book about Latin American show business legend Carmen Miranda in Brazilian Bombshell: The Biography of Carmen Miranda.

Works

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• book

  • Dones De Gracia: Una Coleccion De Encuentros Personales Con LA Virgen Maria (Spanish and English Edition)

    (Forty-one inspirational accounts share the experiences of...)

    1996
  • Brazilian Bombshell by Martha Gil-Montero (1989-05-23) 1989

Interests

• Music & Bands

  Carmen Miranda

Connections

On May 18, 1984 Martha married law professor and writer Joseph A. Page.

Father:

Rosendo Gil-Montero

Mother:

Beatriz Eugenia (Premoli) Gil-Montero

husband:

Joseph A. Page