Rosa Nissán

Rosa Nissán Rovero (known as Rosa Nissán; born June 15, 1939) is a Mexican writer of Sephardic origin. She is the author of the novel Novia que te vea, which was made into a movie. She received the Ariel León Dultzin Award, from the Association of Israeli Journalists and Writers in Mexico, in 1994. Her novels focus on the Sephardic Jewish population in Mexico and themes of Jewish womanhood. Her work has been noted for its inclusion of Ladino, commonly spoken by Sephardic Jews.

Biography Rosa Nissán Rovero was born in Mexico City on June 15, 1939. Her father and grandfather were emigrants from Jerusalem; her mother was a Sephardic Jew from Turkey. She studied journalism at the Women's University of Mexico.

In 1997, she published a chronicle of her trip to Israel in (The Promised Lands).

From 2000 to 2002, she gave various workshops on fictionalized autobiography in the Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, at the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana. and the Casa del Refugio.

Selected works Novia que te vea, 1992, Planeta. Hisho que te nazca, 2006, Planeta. Las tierras prometidas, 1997, Plaza & Janés. No solo para dormir es la noche, 1999, Patria. Los viajes de mi cuerpo, 1999, Planeta. Me viene un modo de tristeza