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Aurora Serrano Rosas de Demay
Aurora Serrano Rosas de Demay
Birth: 9 August 1911
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Death: 24 March 2020
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Age: 108 years, 228 days
Country: MexicoMEX
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Aurora Serrano Rosas de Demay (9 August 1911 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican centenarian and writer.

Biography[]

Aurora Serrano Rosas de Demay was born in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on 9 August 1911.

During the World War II, she moved to Paris, France, where met her husband, George Demay, and the hardships that Parisians suffered during wartime. The couple had at least three children: Juan Jorge Demay, Olga Demay Serrano, and Roger Demay Serrano.

Later, she became a famous writer who had published three books. Her son Juan Jorge Demay (now deceased) became a famous playwright.

Her stay in France was the inspiration for her first book (Del "boleo" al bombardeo, 2005). In that book she recounts her experience of living in Paris in the bloodiest time of the 20th century.

Her second book was titled "Carlos en busca de sus RAÍCES, ayer y mañana californianos", in this book she relates experiences of what it was like to live and grow up in Baja California, she wanted the world to know about this Mexican peninsula that little was given to know.

Finally, her third and last book was "La fantástica aventura de Ninón y la casa bajo el mar", it is a children's story for the youngest members of the family.

Her first book was published when she was age 94, while with her last book she was already over 100 years old. She received recognition for her work.

In her last years she suffered from blindness but that did not prevent him from performing tasks or playing, for example, dominoes, reading the points of the dice with her fingers.

Serrano Rosas de Demay died in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on 24 March 2020 at the age of 108 years, 228 days. She was survived by two children Olga Demay Serrano, and Roger Demay Serrano; many grandchildren (including Luis Demay), and great-grandchildren.

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