Rosario Castellanos

Born in Mexico City, Mexico

Benjamin Castellanos born Family returns to Comitan, Chiapas

Benjamin dies at age 7

Castellanos' first poem is published in a student magazine

Lazaro Cardenas' Land Reform Program Family moves to Mexico City

Parents die within a month of each other

On Feminine Culture (Master's degree in philosophy) Studies at the University of Madrid Travels throughout Europe with Dolores Castro

Returns to Mexico Bout of Tuberculosis (spends over a year recovering)

El rescate del mundo Published (book of poems)

Balún Canán Published (Castellanos' first novel) -Mexican Critics' award for the best novel of 1957 -Chiapas Prize 1958

Returns to Chiapas -National Indigenous Institute Puppet Theater

Oficio de tinieblas Published Materia memorable Published

Marries Ricardo Guerra

Gabriel Guerra Castellanos born

Livida Luz Published Becomes Press and Information Director for National University of Mexico (until 1966)

Visiting Professorships at Universities of Wisconsin, Indiana, and Colorado Divorces Ricardo Guerra

Named Mexican ambassador to Israel Mujer que sabe latin Published (collection of essays)

Dies by accidental electrocution in Tel Aviv

National Autonomous University of Mexico, College of Philosophy and Letters