Journalist and writer Antonio Burgos (Sevilla, 1943), Andalusia’s Favorite Son, died this Wednesday at the age of 80, after being hospitalized due to complications of chronic respiratory disease. Burgos, where the Andalusian Government will present its award Professional Career at the 38th Andalusian Journalism AwardsHe is one of the most important figures of Spanish journalism in the last half century.
News of his death was reported on ABC, his home for decades. Having graduated in Philosophy and Literature and Romantic Philology, he is considered a master of essay writing, as evidenced by the numerous and prestigious awards that have marked his career: Mariano de Cavia, Mariano José de Larra, Joaquín Romero Murube, Luca de Tena and González Ruanoamong others.
His journalism career began in 1966, when he joined the staff of the ABC newspaper in Seville as an editor. During those years he also collaborated on publications such as: Brother Wolf and QuailHe was the Andalusian correspondent of the Madrid newspaper and Triunfo magazine, a representative of journalism that covered the last years of the dictatorship with a critical spirit.
He wrote one of his most important books during that period: ‘Andalusia, Third World?’He made an analysis of Andalusia in the sixties and expressed his critical vision of the social and political regime in which Spain lived, pushing the limits of censorship at that time. For many years his voice has been one of the most prominent in defense of the cultural, social and heritage values of Andalusia, where he developed much of his extensive journalistic and literary work.
Starting from 1977, he strengthened his commitment to writing articles without giving up his daily work and novel writing. His writing under the general title ‘El Recuadro’ made him one of Spain’s most famous journalists. The ABC newspaper has been his perfect professional home, except for the period in which he was involved. Between 1990 and 2004when he moved his column to Diario 16 and later to El Mundo. He returned to ABC in 2004 and did it again with ‘El Recuadro.’
At the ABC in Seville he also created the ‘Old Town’ segment; Abel Infanzondeveloped an intense defense of the historical heritage of Seville, which was the victim of urban speculation in those years. A convinced monarchist, he defended Spain’s Constitution and parliamentary monarchy in his writings.
He was also a screamer at the Cádiz Carnival in 1988. Carlos Cano, He co-wrote the copla Habanera de Cádiz, which the Granada singer-songwriter recorded with tremendous success on his album ‘Cuaderno de Coplas’ (1985). In 2008, she declared Holy Week in Seville. Adopted Son of the City of Cádiz (2002) and Favorite Son of Andalusia (2020) with the bullfighter and his friend Romero’s work.