The Women of Mexico's Cultural Renaissance Intrepid Post-Revolution Artists and Writers

Elizabeth Coonrod  Martínez  was Professor at DePaul University, USA, 2010 to 2020, and at Sonoma State University, USA, 1995 to 2010. Her recent books include  Teaching Late Twentieth Century Mexicana and Chicana Writers  (2021),  Josefina Niggli, Mexican American Writer: A Critical Biography  (2007), and  Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska , translation and introduction (2005). She was Editor of the academic journal  Diálogo, an Interdisciplinary Studies journal  from 2010 to 2020.

Elena Poniatowska  is one of the most powerful and important voices of Spanish American literature and journalism.   Her chosen genre is literary journalism, much of which is collected in the 7 volume  Todo México  (1991-1999). Her prolific career has won her many awards including the Mazatlán Prize twice for  Hasta no verte Jesús mío  (1970) and  Tinísima  (1992), the Alfaguara Prize for  La piel del cielo  (2007), and the Cervantes Prize for Literature in 2013.