Esther Cohen

Esther Cohen Dabah (born 1949) is a Mexican writer and academic. Early life Esther Cohen Dabah was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1949. Her parents were both Jewish immigrants to Mexico: Her father was Moisés Cohen, who immigrated from Turkey, and her mother was Sarah Dabah de Cohen, who came from Syria. Cohen began her studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where she received a master's degree in modern English literature. She subsequently received a PhD from the same institution. Career Cohen began teaching at UNAM in 1975. She became a researcher at UNAM's Institute of Philological Research, where she has led the Poetry Center. In 2015, she began overseeing the center's magazine, Acta Poética. In 2019, she was honored as a member of the university's emeritus staff.