this Vargas Llosa Chair recognized his professional work Juan Cruz, Princea Ibérica Vice President is at the 36th Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) held in Mexico over the past two weeks. In addition to his “admirable and fruitful” career journalist as literary writer.
“For his pristine and transparent professional service to journalism for over sixty years free, plural and independent way; as it greatly enlarged two of the most fundamental freedoms of all democracy: freedom of expression and freedom of the press; and for supporting, under its shoulders, the bold and sensitive function of informing, in different trenches of responsibility, the powerful and diverse Spanish-speaking community”, points to the recognition given during I Journalism Biennial “Facts at Threat” It was held in Guadalajara on Saturday.
A life devoted to journalism and literature
Born in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) in 1948, Juan Cruz has had a long career as a journalist, writer and editor. He studied Journalism and History at La Laguna University and began writing for the press for the weekly sports magazine Aire Libre at the age of thirteen. He soon joined the editorial staff of La Tarde and later El Día, a newspaper to which he now belongs. Iberian press where he grew up as a journalist. At that time he was also the Tenerife correspondent for the newspaper La Provincia, the embryo of the Prensa Ibérica group.
was one of its founders. Country, also held a wide variety of roles: reporter in London, Head of Opinion, Editor-in-Chief of Culture or Deputy Director. Until January of this year, he was associated with Grupo Prisa, where he was also Editor-in-Chief Coordinating Director, Communications Director of Grupo Santillana and Director of La Oficina del Autor.
He also directed Alphaguara editorial and as a novelist he was awarded the 1972 Benito Pérez Armas Award for novel. Piece by piece chronicle of nothing; With Azorine Award Oslo’s dream (1988) and the 2000 Canarias Literary Award and National Award for Cultural Journalism. He was also awarded the 2009 Comillas Prize for History, Biography and Memories. mangled egos Literary life: a personal memory.
It was published memory age, Orange, smoke portrait, Sand Knife, Barefoot Child Y on the roof. Other books are do not (stories), excess baggage (trial), a The Memory of El País, photo of swedes, the weight of fame a waiting story, against intimacy horizon beach (Destiny, 2004), hopefully october Many times you asked me to tell you about those years, Journalism? This job is worth living for., egos encrypted, against insult, a crazy job Canary Islands Trip, At odd hours and always the memory of Benedetti and Mario (From the Publishers Center, 2013), endangered species Y Jamie Salinas. publisher’s job.
Released in 2017 a shot of life at the publishing house Alfaguara, where he published his penultimate book last year, first people, about the characters he meets. His last book was Citizen Polanco, about the promoted businessman Country.
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