President Claudia Sheinbaum dedicated a message to the writer Elena Poniatowska, who turned 94 this Tuesday.
Recognition from the National Palace
During her morning conference, the president described the author of The Night of Tlatelolco as an extraordinary woman.
“Elenita, we send you greetings, love, I think she’s turning 94, right? She was here a little while ago. Extraordinary woman,” she expressed.
Sheinbaum recalled that last April he received Poniatowska at the National Palace, along with actress Jesusa Rodríguez. At that meeting, the president stressed the importance of protecting the writer’s literary heritage.
“We talk a lot about the history of the movement. She knows my mother, in addition to the ’68 movement; so, we talk a lot and also about what she is writing now… How important it is to protect all of Elena’s collection, it is very important,” he shared then.
The president also praised the social commitment of Poniatowska, whom she called her favorite writer.
“Not only a great Mexican writer, but a woman always committed to the noble and just causes of the people of Mexico and to women.”
Poniatowska’s response
The honoree thanked the gesture and expressed her excitement at seeing Sheinbaum in power.
“I get very excited, I’m already old. For me, Claudia being in power is an achievement, I also believe in all of us.”
Elena Poniatowska, 2013 Cervantes Prize winner and author of fundamental works such as Leonora, is still active in the literary and political sphere. His connection with the president’s family dates back to the student movement of 1968, of which he was a key chronicler.
