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Elena Poniatowska

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The Resume

    (May 19, 1932- )
    Born in Paris, France
    Wrote the collections of short stories 'Lilus Kikusy' (1954) and 'You Come at Night' (1979)
    Wrote the novels 'Until I See You, My Jesus' (1969), 'The Flower of the Lily' (1988), 'Tinísima' (1991), 'The Skin of the Sky' (2001), and 'Leonora' (2011)
    Wrote the historical accounts 'The Night of Tlateloco' (1971), 'Strong is Silence' (1975), and 'Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Earthquake' (1988)
    Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2013)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was born into privilege.
    She never learned Spanish in school; instead, she learned it from her maids.
    She never attended university.
    Her mother refused to read 'Tinísima', a novel about Tina Modotti, when her daughter was branded a 'communist'.
    She got arrested twice when observing demonstrations
    She often forgets about doing other things as she is highly engrossed in her writing.
    Her writing style was criticized for her docudrama plot twists.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Benjamin Franklin is one of her distant relatives.
    Her mother's family was stripped from their land and had to flee Mexico when Porfirio Díaz was overthrown.
    She and her family fled France for Mexico while her father stayed behind to serve in D-Day during World War II. (1942)
    She sides with the economically and politically disadvantaged through her writings.
    She supports civil movements advocating for rights for the unprivileged.
    She stresses the importance of a personal relationship with the subjects she writes about in her works.
    She has the audacity to document the government repression she witnessed in Mexico.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying