| Beautiful People and Beautiful Events 
 There are many ways to touch people’s hearts and inspire their lives. Elena Poniatowska Amor ♥♥♥♥ has done so through an amazing writing career that spans more than 50 years. As a dedicated journalist with the Mexican newspaper Novedades, Ms. Poniatowska’s writing has been recognized through numerous awards, and her works, which champion equality, humanitarianism and human rights, particularly for women, have been translated into many languages  Besides her career as a journalist, Ms. Poniatowska has 
            written more than 20 novels, numerous short stories, essays, a play 
            and “testimonial narratives” (chronicles of events compiled 
            from eyewitness interviews). In 1979, she received the National Journalism 
            Prize of Mexico, awarded in recognition of writing achievements and 
            contributions to the community. Ms. Poniatowska also received a Guggenheim 
            Fellowship in 1993 and the Mazatlan Prize for Literature twice. At 
            the age of 74, Ms. Poniatowska continues to live and write in Mexico. 
            Through her noble works and several decades of inspired and touching 
            writing, Elena Poniatowska has shed light on human rights and humanitarian 
            issues, benefiting the world in which we live. 
 
 
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