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Elena Poniatowska

1932 - Today

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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 disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents. Her mother's family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape World War II. When she was 18, she began writing for the newspaper Excélsior, doing interviews and society columns. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Poniatowska is the 2,205th most popular writer (down from 1,982nd in 2019), the 2,480th most popular biography from France (down from 2,237th in 2019) and the 311th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elena Poniatowska ranks 2,205 out of 7,302. Before her are Bernardus Silvestris, Michel Leiris, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Richard Adams, Martin Amis, and Abraham ibn Daud. After her are Wilhelm Raabe, Mahsati, Georg Heym, Emile Habibi, Alessandro Baricco, and Eva Schloss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Elena Poniatowska ranks 158. Before her are Nadira, Spyros Kyprianou, Alvin Plantinga, Inese Jaunzeme, Eero Aarnio, and Isao Tomita. After her are József Antall, Jerzy Hoffman, Soon-Tek Oh, Qahhor Mahkamov, Aharon Appelfeld, and Joel Grey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elena Poniatowska ranks 2,480 out of 6,770. Before her are Louis Massignon (1883), Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (1940), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Christian Metz (1931), and Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873). After her are Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700), Yves Boisset (1939), Guy Hamilton (1922), Aimable Pélissier (1794), and Carle Vernet (1758).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Elena Poniatowska ranks 311. Before her are Bernard Palissy (1510), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), and Michel Leiris (1901). After her are Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Matthieu Ricard (1946), Claude Farrère (1876), Pierre Klossowski (1905), and Ludovic Halévy (1834).

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