Rosa Nissán

b. 1939

Novelist Rosa Nissán was born in Distrito Federal, Mexico. Her works highlight the lives of the Sephardic community in her country. In 1994, the Mexican film Novia que te vea (Like a Bride) was based on Nissan’s novel.

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Like a Bride and Like a Mother

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Every night I kneel down by the window and look at a bright star that just might be my guardian angel. Then I recite “Our Father” to God and say a “Hail Mary” for the Virgin. I hope that…