Maria Cristina Mena, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Cristina Mena

American writer

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1893

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1965

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Maria Cristina Mena (later María Cristina Chambers; April 3, 1893 – August 3, 1965) was the author of eleven short stories, five children's books, and a nonfiction article.
She is best known for her short stories, published mainly in The Century Magazine and American Magazine from 1913 to 1916.
With renewed interest in the history of Chicano literature and the publication of all her short fiction in The Collected Stories of María Cristina Mena, her work is now receiving greater consideration.