Elena Poniatowskaborn 1932

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Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska 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 and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents, including her mother whose family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape the Second World War. When she was eighteen and without a university education, she began writing for the newspaper Excélsior, doing interviews and society columns. Despite the lack of opportunity for women from the 1950s to the 1970s, she wrote about social and political issues in newspapers, books in both fiction and nonfiction form. Her best known work is La noche de Tlatelolco (The night of Tlatelolco, the English translation was entitled "Massacre in Mexico") about the repression of the 1968 student protests in Mexico City. Due to her leftwing views, she has been nicknamed "the Red Princess". She is considered to be "Mexico's grande dame of letters" and is still an active writer.

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Pedro
Pedro

2022

Documentary

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Xico's Journey
Xico's Journey

2020

Animation • Family

as Cuca (voice)

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Ana
Ana

2020

Documentary

as Escritora (México)

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One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

2017

Documentary • History

as Self

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The Busty Doll
The Busty Doll

2017

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Tina Modotti: Dogma and Passion
Tina Modotti: Dogma and Passion

2013

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El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

2012

Animation • Comedy

as Self / Additional Voices (voice)

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Made in Mexico
Made in Mexico

2012

Documentary • History • Music

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The Storm That Swept Mexico
The Storm That Swept Mexico

2011

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor)

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José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
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Asaltar los cielos
Asaltar los cielos

1996

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