The Manuel M. Ponce room, at full capacity, yesterday became a forum in which stories, confessions and family reconciliations circulated around the writer Rosa Nissán (Mexico City, 1939), who was recognized for part of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (Inbal), which dedicated the cycle to him Protagonists of Literature.
Together with the writer Elena Poniatowska, who participated in the event, Rosita, as they call her, explained: I have a very Mexican teacher who made me love this country
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Poniatowska met Nissán at a creative writing workshop founded by Alicia Trueba.
Throughout her years as a writer and her six trips to Europe, Rosa Nissán set out to rescue many followers with her critical and libertarian capacity, who were afraid of launching themselves into literature, painting and theater.
highlighted Elena Poniatowska.
In turn, Rosita, with a display of good sense of humor, admitted that her children They didn’t get the mother they were expecting, but me.
. Her son, in fact, once told her, referring to her writing career: Mom, you paid a high price
to which she replied: Sure, but the other price, that of not doing what I wanted, would have been even higher
. If one has to pay a high price, even if it’s for what you want
.
▲ In the packed Manuel M. Ponce room, author Rosa Nissán was accompanied by Elena Poniatowska, who was her teacher in a creative writing workshop.Photo María Luisa Severiano
The most intimate reflections arose from the intervention of his eldest granddaughter Tammy Goldberg, who spoke of the remoteness
that he felt for many years about his grandmother. The meeting occurred a little over a year ago on the occasion of the presentation of the trilogy
of Nissan.
“Many people admired Rosita. For several minutes they talked about her wonderful career. Although we didn’t talk about that at home. This admiration for my grandmother’s outstanding work was never conveyed to me. To even greater surprise, no one from my family was there, just my daughters and me. This caused me indescribable sadness and compassion. She made me tell my daughters to promise me that if she ever wrote a book, they would be there.
“Later I understood that his path must have been difficult. She was a divorced woman, viewed negatively by her family, that she had to step aside to get ahead. It is not my intention to expose anyone in my family, who is already quite exposed with Rosita’s books.
She taught us to know who we are, no matter what is expected of us. Be unique and special. Because of you I learned the importance of speaking, of expressing myself and making my word count. It is an invaluable legacy to be the granddaughter of such a brave woman.