Elena Poniatowska (Novelist ) was born in Paris, France on a Thursday, May 19, 1932 🎈. Elena Poniatowska is 92 years old. She is a Taurus ♉ and was born in the Year of the Monkey 🐒.
Notable for her human rights-themed works of journalism and fiction, she is particularly recognized for her nonfiction work La Noche de Tlatelolco (1971), which deals with the 1968 massacre of protesting students by the Mexican military and police forces.
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| FULL NAME: | Helene Elizabeth Louise Amelie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor Nacio |
| BIRTH DATE: | May 19, 1932 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Paris, France |
| AGE: | 92 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | Mexican |
| ETHNICITY: | Multiracial |
| ZODIAC: | Taurus |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Monkey |
About
Elena Poniatowska is a Novelist. Elena was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
The daughter of French-Polish nobleman Jean Joseph Evremond Sperry Poniatowski and French-born-Mexican mother Maria Dolores Paulette Amor Yturbe, she spent her youth in France and Mexico. She married the Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist Guillermo Haro and welcomed children named Emmanuel, Felipe, and Paula. Find out who is Elena Poniatowska dating right now.
When she was only eighteen years old, she began writing for Mexico City’s Excelsior daily paper.
DID YOU KNOW Her acclaimed, feminist-themed novels include Lilus Kikusy (1954); Hasta no Verte Jesus Mio (1969); and Tinisima (1992). In 2013, she became the fourth female recipient of the prestigious Miguel de Cervantes Prize in Literature.
FACT Her essay Las Siete Cabritas (2000) focuses on the artist Frida Kahlo and six other influential, twentieth-century Mexican women.
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Birthday
Currently, Elena Poniatowska is 92 years old. Her next birthday is away. Elena will celebrate her 93rd birthday on a Thursday, May 19th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on May 19, 1932. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Elena Poniatowska’s zodiac sign is Taurus. People born between the dates of April 20th and May 20th belong to the second sign in the zodiac, Taurus. Taurus are known for being reliable, patient, responsible, and loyal. Cancer & Virgo are the most compatible signs for Taurus.
Famous Taurus celebrities are Dwayne Johnson, Adele, Audrey Hepburn, Cam Newton, Karl Marx, Malcolm X, William Shakespeare, James Brown, and Mr. T. Taurus ruling planet is Venus. Astrologically, Venus is the planet of all things love and romance.
Elena Poniatowska was born in the Year of the Monkey. Monkey symbolizes cleverness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Monkey have magnetic personalities and are confident, charming, and humorous. They can also sometimes be distrustful, arrogant, opportunistic, erratic, manipulative, and dishonest.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Elena Poniatowska is a 92 years old Novelist, born in May, in the Year of the Monkey (1932), and is a Taurus. Her life path number is 3. Elena’s birthstone is Emerald, and her birth flower is Lily of the valley. You may also check out all famous birthdays in May or specifically birthdays on May 19.
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