The search Engine Google is showing a Doodle in few countries for celebrating the Rosario Castellanos’ 91st birthday
Rosario Castellanos was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 , she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century.
Born : 25 May 1925 Mexico City, Mexico
Died : 7 August 1974 (aged 49) Tel Aviv, Israel
Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced feminist theory and cultural studies. Though she died young, she opened the door of Mexican literature to women, and left a legacy that still resonates today.
During her lifetime, she saw her family lose their fortune in land reforms while she rose from being an introverted child to becoming a hugely celebrated figure in Mexico’s literary and political scene.
She was an avid tennis player.Her Poems Are All Collected in the Book ‘Poetry Is Not You’.
At the time of her death, the Israeli state news agency said that she died “as the result of an electric shock from a malfunctioning table lamp.” The agency added that she lived in the coastal city of Herzliya. The initial report blamed her death on the lamp’s wirings which were thought to have not been properly insulated.
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