Hilma Contreras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hilma Contreras

Dominican Republic writer

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1913

Place of Birth: Duarte Province, Dominican Republic

Date of Death: 15-Jan-2006

Profession: writer

Nationality: Dominican Republic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hilma Contreras Castillo (December 8, 1913 – January 15, 2006) was a Dominican writer, born in San Francisco de Macorís. She was educated in Paris, where she studied French and English, as well as literature and archaeology.
She returned to the Dominican Republic in 1933.
In 1937, at the encouragement of fellow writer Juan Bosch, she began writing stories, which were published in various newspapers. In 2002, she became the first woman to receive the National Literature Award, which until then had been awarded to men. Contreras never married or had children, and died in her home town in 2006.