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Miguel de Cervantes Prize. 2013. Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska ( audio ⓘ ), is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered to be disenfranchised especially women ...
Oct 31, 2023 · “I have one good eye,” said Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska, 91, when I interviewed her at her home in Mexico City in March 2023 for the Library of Congress’ PALABRA Archive. Poniatowska, who is tiny, wore a grey track suit, her white curls framing her face like a halo.
Poniatowska is a princess of Polish, Italian, French, Russian, American and Mexican pedigree. She is often somewhat embarrassed by her own, as she puts it, ‘absurd nobility’, and she looks for redemption for her socialite ancestors in caring for the disadvantaged, so tortured by their cursed history.
A biography of Elena Poniatowska, a feminist Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Learn about her life, works, style, and themes, as well as her role as a voice for the oppressed and the voiceless in Mexico.
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- May 19, 1932
- La noche de Tlatelolco.
- Leonora.
- Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela.
- Here's to You, Jesusa!
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Mar 14, 2023 · Choose your plan →. The influential author and journalist has chronicled every major social movement in Mexico for decades. Still working at 90, she's sought out by a new generation.
Elena Poniatowska was born in France, in 1933. Her mother was the daughter of wealthy Mexican aristocrats and her father, a French count of Polish origin. In 1942, Poniatowska and her family moved ...
