Margarita Rivière journalist dies at age 70 – euronews

Reuters, 29/03 22:54 CET

The Board Catalan pro Europe presents the award for journalism recognition of the europeística path Margarita Riviere. EFE / File

Barcelona, ​​29 Mar ( EFE ) .- The Catalan journalist and essayist Margarita Rivière, who was delegated by the Agency EFE in Catalonia between 1988 and 1992, died today at age 70 as a result of a pulmonary disease, according to reported sources of his family.

Margarita Rivière, born in Barcelona in 1944, is the author of numerous books and noted for his progressive spirit in the years of the transition.

As reported by the family, the farewell ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 31 at 10:00 hours at the funeral home Les Corts. The chapel is open tomorrow at noon.

Margarita Rivière has died in hospital, surrounded by his family and close friends, her husband, Jorge de Comminges, and his sons, Hugo and Clara.

Rivière majored in Journalism at the School of the Church of Barcelona and graduated in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona. His love of fashion design led him to study in Paris.

He began his career as a correspondent in Spain of the French magazine “Marie Claire” (1965-68). From 1971-1974 he worked as editor of the Journal of Economic monographs “Dossier World”, which was also editor in chief.

In 1974 he joined the writing of “Diario de Barcelona”, first in the local section and subsequently as Director of Sunday. In 1978 he abandoned this medium together with thirty journalists. In addition, in 1976 he collaborated in the magazine “Bazar”.

Since 1978 he worked as editor of the newly created “Periódico de Catalunya”, where she was head of the sections of Shows and Supplement and director of ” Dominical “(1978-1981).

These work the he combined with performing daily opinion column, and from 1981 for three years conducted a daily interview for this medium, where since 1984 he published The “Bubble”, one of the most read in the Catalan press.

column Furthermore, in 1984 led to TVE the space of interviews “Let’s Talk love “and years later writer was a program of” La Trinca “for television.

In recent years, Rivière was collaborating habitual section of the newspaper El País opinion in Catalonia.

The writer and journalist Barcelona recently published his latest book, “Key K”, an X-ray on a closed society where converge enlightened politicians, greedy tycoons and ambitious journalists, a novel that oozes sarcasm and which is, as stated by the author in a recent interview with Efe, “a satire about power and ourselves.”

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