by Elena Poniatowska · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432222504
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«El universo o nada» is the biography of astronomer Guillermo Haro written by Elena Poniatowska, published by Seix Barral in paperback (496 pages, in Spanish).
The biography narrates the life of Guillermo Haro, from when his mother showed him the stars in childhood to his consolidation as a central figure in astrophysics in Mexico. Elena Poniatowska, the astronomer's wife, also portrays the turbulent Mexico of the 20th century and Haro's struggle to promote science and education among young people.
The book bears the subtitle «biografía del estrellero Guillermo Haro», belongs to the Los Tres Mundos collection, was published on March 18, 2014 and includes bibliographic references on pages 477-495.
Recommended for readers interested in biographies of scientists and in the cultural and political history of Mexico.
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor, known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents. Her mother's family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape World War II. When she was 18, she began writing for the newspaper Excélsior, doing interviews and society columns. Despite the lack of opportunity for women from the 1950s to the 1970s, she wrote about social and political issues in newspapers and both fiction and nonfiction books. Her best-known work is La noche de Tlatelolco: Testimonios de historia oral, about the repression of the 1968 student protests in Mexico City. Due to her left-wing views, she has been nicknamed "the Red Princess". She is considered "Mexico's grande dame of letters" and is still an active writer.
