Elena Poniatowska was born on May 19, 1932 in Paris, France as Hélène Elizabeth Amélie Louise Paule Dolores Princesse Poniatowski. She is a writer, known for The Storm That Swept Mexico (2011), El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012) and De noche vienes, Esmeralda (1997). She was previously married to Guillermo Haro.