Rosario Castellanos Figueroa, Rosario Castellanos
25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974
Birthplace: Mexico City [raised in Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico]
Mexican author, poet, educator, diplomat & activist
“We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.”
~Rosario Castellanos, Mexican author & diplomat
“If Not Poetry, Then What?” (1973), ed. & trans. Maureen Ahern, A Rosario Castellanos Reader, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1988, p. 258
Extended excerpt: [Essay]
“We had to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.
And I feel so free that I can begin with “dialogue of the most honorable men,” I mean, with other writers. On an
equal basis. On a first-name basis.” (p. 258)
Original Spanish title:“Si poesía no eres tú entonces ¿qué?” (1973) Mujer que sabe latín, Fondo de Cultura
Economica, edition 2003, p. 161
Spanish-language text: “Hay que reír, pues. Y la risa, ya lo sabemos, es el primer testimonio de la libertad.”
Source: Library – A Rosario Castellanos Reader (1988) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-292-77039-1
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