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Elena Poniatowska

1932 - Today

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Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska (), is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered to be disenfranchised especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents, including her mother whose family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Poniatowska has received more than 406,209 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Elena Poniatowska is the 2,124th most popular writer (up from 2,252nd in 2019), the 2,375th most popular biography from France (up from 2,392nd in 2019) and the 305th most popular French Writer.

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  • 410k

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  • 54.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elena Poniatowska ranks 2,124 out of 5,755Before her are Johann Jakob Bodmer, Ding Ling, Gabriel Matzneff, Archibald Gracie IV, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, and Quadratus of Athens. After her are Jaggi Vasudev, Heinrich Glarean, John Mandeville, Bálint Balassi, Shakuntala Devi, and Abraham ibn Daud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Elena Poniatowska ranks 143Before her are Félix Malloum, Michael H. Hart, Hassan Al-Turabi, Jan Jindra, Anna Moffo, and Eero Aarnio. After her are Frances E. Allen, Joseph Zen, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Vasily Aksyonov, József Antall, and Tavo Burat.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elena Poniatowska ranks 2,375 out of 6,011Before her are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), Yannick Noah (1960), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Jehan Alain (1911), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), and Eugène Fromentin (1820). After her are Jean Lefebvre (1919), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Yolanda of Courtenay (1197), Georges Lautner (1926), René Lesson (1794), and Édouard Branly (1844).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Elena Poniatowska ranks 305Before her are Matthieu Ricard (1946), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Paulhan (1884), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), and Gabriel Matzneff (1936). After her are Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), Albert Gleizes (1881), Marcel Achard (1899), Paul Féval, père (1816), Charles de Brosses (1709), and René Crevel (1900).

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