ผู้เขียน: Dolores Palata Vician

Dolores Palata Vician was born in Chicago, Illinois. She lived in Portsmouth, Virginia, for six years during World War II. There she attended fifth grade through her junior year of high school before moving back to Chicago with her family. After completing high school, she attended Wright Junior College and Northern Illinois State Teacher”s College. She graduated with a teacher”s degree in elementary education in June of 1951. In August, 1951, she married Ed Vician, before beginning her first year of teaching in Park Forest, Illinois. After completing the school year, she joined her husband and moved with him to San Luis Obispo, CA, where he was stationed in the Army Signal Corp. Their oldest son, Glenn, was born in California in 1953. When Ed left the service, they moved back to Illinois where their family grew: Gary, born 1954; Gregory, born 1956; Gale, born 1958 and Gordon, born 1961. Traveling was always important to the Vicians. Therefore, the family spent time in all fifty states including a summer in Hawaii, and the year living in Alaska. In 1967, Dolores returned to teaching in Villa Park, Illinois, where she remained as a fifth grade teacher until her retirement from teaching in June of 1986. Dolores” hobbies include photography, sewing, reading as well as writing. Her first poem was written in fourth grade. She wrote many poems while in high school as well as college. Some were published in the college newspaper as well as the college literary pamphlet published each year. When Dolores and Ed are not spending time with their children and grandchildren, they continue to travel. They have enjoyed their visits to all the world”s continents, enjoying the experiences of different cutures, cuisines and exotic cities.