Dolores Martin, 68, Writer, Editor

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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Dolores Moyano Martin died at age 68 on Sept. 3 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Northwest. The Bethesda resident had been battling cancer since last fall.

Mrs. Martin was a major contributor to knowledge and interpretation of Latin American culture, through her own writing as well as through her editorship of a major reference source for Latin American studies.

She wrote historical articles, literary criticism, political essays, memoirs and book reviews as well as short stories and translations of Latin American poetry. She was the editor of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, a publication of the Library of Congress, for …