Mexican Writer Elena
Poniatowska Receives the Cervantes Literary Prize from the King of Spain
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/36339/20140424/mexican-writer-elena-poniatowska-receives-the-cervantes-literary-award-from-the-king-of-spain.htm
Mexican journalist and writer
Elena Poniatowska received the top prize to Hispanic letters from the hands of
King Juan Carlos of Spain,
in an act celebrated in the University
of Alcalá de Henares, a community
located 20 km from Madrid.
With this prize, Poniatowska
becomes the fouth woman to win the Cervantes Literary Prize and the first to
get on the podium to pronounce a speech, according to Fox News Latino.
Wearing a dress with the
colors of the Spanish flag, which was made by the native people of Juchitán, in
Oaxaca,
México, the Mexican writer highlighted in her speech the difficult situation in
which thousands of Mexicans live in, especially those who are poor, and the
important role women have played in the country's history.
Moments before, King Juan
Carlos of Spain
said that Elena Poniatowska has always had a commitment to humanity, especially
to women and that she has given "a voice to the most unfortunate,"
reported Fox.
"Humanity is the center
of gravity of Elena Poniatowska's work. The need to provide a voice for the
most unfortunate, to shed light on the contradictions of progress, to denounce
social discrimination and all forms of injustice, constitute the spirit of her
literature," said the King, according to Fox.
Daughter of French and Polish
immigrants, Poniatowska began her career writing for Mexican newspaper
Excélsior, work she carried out for many years and which led her to interview
great figures of Mexican culture such as Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" or
Diego Rivera, who called her an "inquisitive little Pole", according
to Los Angeles Times.
Elena Poniatowska is the
author of over 40 books which comprise essays, novels, tales, and journalistic
testimonials, which have been translated to over 20 languages. Among her
extensive work are "Hasta no verte, Jesús mío", "Tinísima",
and "La noche de Tlatelolco", non-fiction work which challenged the official
version of the events of October 2, 1968 in Tlatelolco square, in Mexico City.
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