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Elena Poniatowska (born May 19, 1932 in Paris,
France as Héléne Elizabeth Louise Amelie Paula
Dolores Poniatowska Amor) is a Mexico|mexican
journalist and author.  She is known for her 1971
work La noche de Tlatelolco (published in English
as Massacre in Mexico), in which she relates her
interviews with survivors and families of those
who died in the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico
City.

==Early life==
Elena Poniatowska was born in Paris to Jean
Evremont Poniatowski Sperry and Dolores Amor.  
Her father was a Poland|polish nobleman who was
direct descendant of king Stanislaus II of Poland,
the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth.

Elena fled France with her mother from World War
II.  The family settled at Mexico City.    In 1949
Elena was sent to study to the United States. She
returned to Mexico in 1953 and started her career
as journalist working for the notable mexican
newspaper Excélsior.

==Notable Works==
*La noche de Tlatelolco (1971)
*TinĂ­sima (1992)
*La Piel del Cielo (2001)

==Awards==
*Premio Xavier Villaurrutia (Declined, 1971)
*Premio Nacional de Periodismo (1979)
*Premio Alfaguara de Novela (2001)
*Legion de Honor del Gobierno de Francia (2004)


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