Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
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Mary Elizabeth Borton de Treviño (September 2, 1904 - December 2, 2001) is an American author.
Elizabeth was born in Bakersfield, California, the daughter of attorney Fred Ellsworth Borton and Carrie Louise Christensen. She attended Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1925 with a bachelor's degree in Latin American history. After finishing college, she moved to Massachusetts to study violin at the Boston Conservatory, and then worked as a reporter. On her marriage to Luis Treviño Arreola y Gómez Sanchez de la Barquera (b. August 5, 1902), she moved to his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico. They had two sons, Luis Fredrico Treviño-Borton and Enrique Ricardo Treviño-Borton.
Her book I, Juan de Pareja (1965) won the Newbery Medal in 1966.[1]. Among her other books are: Nacar the White Deer, The Greek of Toledo, Casilda of the Rising Moon, El Guero: A True Adventure Story, Beyond the Gates of Hercules, and The Fourth Gift. In later life, she wrote several memoirs of her life as an American who had married into a traditional Mexican family: the best-seller My Heart Lies South and its sequels, Where the Heart Is, and The Hearthstone of My Heart.
According to the Social Security Death Index, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño died December 2, 2001 in Texas at age 97.
[edit] References
- Newbery Winner 1966. The Newbery Companion. Retrieved July 6, 2006.
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