The Writer Elena Poniatowska Was A Victim Of Rape

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

In times when the abuse of renowned filmmakers to a good group of actresses has been made public, now it is the prestigious writer Elena Poniatowska who has raised her voice to tell of a terrible abuse of which she was a victim in her younger years.

The Cervantes Prize has confessed that she was raped by the late Mexican writer Juan José Arreola in 1954 when she was his student. An abuse that had consequences, Elena became pregnant with her first child.

The 87-year-old literata has captured this tough episode in her life in her latest novel The Polish Lover with words that say it all. "I'm alone. I don't know what love is. What has happened to me. The cot, the threat, the attack has nothing to do with what I read in the books, "he wrote.

In an interview with the Mexican newspaper Excelsior, he has admitted that it was an open secret at the time. “It was already known, many know it. But it is not necessary to say it, for what. Arreola was an adult, a married man with three children, 20 years older than me, "he said. "He used his ability to convince, to be very seductive, to hurt people."

The theme has returned to light after the presentation of the novel on December 5 at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. As expected, the Arreola family has reacted to these statements by writing a statement where they show great disagreement with the accusations received by the writer.

Time seems to have affected memory (we refuse to believe that it is about selling books). In any case, it is a pity that beloved Juan José is not here to vent his right to a hearing,”said the letter.

Elena has been unable to remain silent in the face of these statements and has responded respectfully but forcefully. "The silence and respect that the Arreola family talks about have been my family and mine for 64 years." There it is.