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Victor VillaseƱor

Sobre-saliente Novelista

Cuando Victor, autor de uno de los libros mas vendidos, estaba en el tercer grado, su maestra le dijo que por ser de sangre mexicana, el no teniá suficientes celulas blancas en su cabesa y estaba destinado a ser mediocre. Victor le creyó y creció pensando que su herencia y su gente eran inferiores.


Resultó que no era su herencia lo que le atrasaba sino su disléxia.


Por capricho del destino, su padre le envió a México donde desenvolvió una consciencia y una apreciación a su cultura. El vio catedrales y cuadros de maestros mexicanos como Diego Rivera y se dio cuenta que otros como el podian hacer cosas maravillosas.


Con tan solo la habilidad de leer y escribir de quinto grado, empezó a enseñarse a ser escritor.
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El hombre, que cuando era niño estaba convencido que era inferior, es ahora un gran novelista americano.
photojournalist's  notes
Victor’s father had a deep dislike for cowboy movie star Tom Mix. According to Victor’s father, Tom Mix spoke openly about his dislike of Mexicans and often derogatorily. This inflamed Victor’s father and at some point he broke into an empty house previously owned by Tom Mix and took measurements of every room. When he finally built his own home, he purposely made every room larger than the measurements he had taken. This was his personal testament to his Mexican heritage that his home was larger than that of at least one movie star and specifically that of Tom Mix. In the photograph, Victor stands in front of that very house in San Diego, California. Victor has now moved to Tucson, Arizona but plans to keep the house in the family.
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