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Convertida en leyenda, tanto por su vida como por su obra, Tina Modotti tuvo una existencia llena de pasin y de furia, que encontr en la fotografa el medio ideal para expresar su disconformidad y compromiso con el tiempo que le toc vivir.Tras dejar su natal Italia y despus de un efmero paso por California, donde trabaja temporalmente en Hollywood, su relacin con Edward Weston la traslada a Mxico. Ah se encuentra con un pas entusiasta con las vanguardias europeas y los ideales revolucionarios, y se une al grupo de intelectuales y artistas - Diego Rivera, Manuel lvarez Bravo, Jean Charlot, entre otros - que, indomables como ella, luchan por conquistar su libertad artstica y personal. Luego de la muerte de su amante cubano, Julio Antonio Mella, en la que se ve involucrada, su fervor por la causa comunista la lleva a participar en la guerra civil espaola, hasta que como asilada regresa al Mxico que haba albergado sus ms profundos anhelos y las ms nobles utopas.
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Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor was born on May 19, 1933, in Paris, France. Her father was French of Polish ancestry and her mother a Mexican who was raised in France. When she was nine Poniatowska's family moved to México City. She grew up speaking French and learned English in a private British school. However, her knowledge of Spanish came from talking with the maids, so her written Spanish was largely colloquial. Poniatowska developed ties with the Mexican lower class in her youth and thus gained a sense of belonging to and an understanding of the Mexican culture. She felt and thought of herself as completely Mexican and of Spanish as her native language. Her works include characters who belong to the underprivileged classes, and she often gave voice to the powerless of her country. She started writing as a journalist in 1954 and interviewed many famous Mexican and international writers. Many of these interviews can be found in her Palabras Cruzadas (1961; Crossed Words) and later in her Todo México (1990; All of Mexico) . Besides her famous interviews, she also wrote several novels, short stories, chronicles, plays, and poems. Among her novels are Hasta no verte, Jesús mío (1969; Until I see You, My Jesus) , which earned her the Mazatlan Prize; Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela (1978; Dear Diego, love Quiela) ; La "Flor de Lis" (1988; The "Flower of the Lily") ; and Tinísima (1992; Tinisima) . Other narratives include Lilus Kikus (1954; Lilus Kikus; later an expanded edition appeared as Los cuentos [The Accounts] de Lilus Kikus in 1967) ; De noche vienes (1979; You Come at Night) ; Ay vida no me mereces (1985; Life, You Don't Deserve Me) ; Domingo 7 (1982; Seventh Sunday) ; Gaby Brimmer (1979; Gaby Brimmer) ; Todo empezó el domingo (1963; Everything Started on Sunday) ; and El último guajolote (1982; The Last Turkey) .Her chronicle La noche de Tlatelolco (1971; Massacre in Mexico) earned her the Javier Villarrutia Prize. She refused to accept it because she did not want to identify herself with then-President Echeverría's political establishment. Other chronicles include Fuerte es el silencio (1980; Silence Is Strong) , and Nada, nadie: las voces del temblor (1988; Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Earthquake) .In theater, her play Melés y Teleo (1956; Melés and Teleo) uses a word game in the title, meaning "you read to me and I read to you. " Finally, her poetry can be found in the Spanish publications Rojo de vida y negro de muerte, Estaciones, and Abside. Ponistowska's skill as a novelist was her ability to combine fact with fiction. She lent her voice to the voiceless, but at the same time she took a step back and let the victims come forward to express their needs and pain, letting the Mexican people speak through her. Her settings were mostly in Mexico, and her characters were either Mexicans or people such as Angelina Beloff (Querido Diego, te ab
