Carmen Rigalt Tarragó (
Vinaixa
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The town centre is arranged around the old castle and in the appearance of the buildings stone predominates. It has a hunting ground and th ...
,
Lérida, 1949) is a Spanish journalist and novelist.
Writing career
After graduating in journalism from the
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
, she began her career at the newspaper ''Pueblo'' in 1975. She also started writing for the magazine ''Viva'' in 1976.
In 1977, she was hired by the newspaper ''Informaciones'', and a year later directed the women's magazine ''Libera''. Since 1992, she writes a column in ''
El Mundo''. She has also contributed to the magazine ''Diez Minutos''.
In 1997, she published her first novel ''Mi corazón que baila con espigas'', which became a finalist of the
Premio Planeta
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is the ...
. Since then she has published the novel ''La mujer de agua'' and the non-fiction book ''Diario de una adicta a casi todo''.
Controversy
In 2001, the Provincial Court of Madrid acquitted her of the crime of damaging the honor of the singer
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Awar ...
, who she claimed was a homosexual in ''El Mundo''. However, the decision was reversed in 2008 by the
Supreme Court
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, condemning Rigalt, the newspaper ''El Mundo'', Miguel Ángel Mellado and Unidad Editorial (the publisher of ''El Mundo''), and ordered them to pay 30,000 euros to Alejandro Sanz.
In 2018, she received widespread criticism for an opinion piece she wrote in ''
El Mundo'' newspaper comparing central Madrid being restricted to traffic to the
Warsaw Ghetto.
La columnista de ‘El Mundo’ Carmen Rigalt califica de “gueto” Madrid Central y sale escaldada
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Personal life
She is married to the journalist Antonio Casado and has two sons. Her son Antonio Casado Rigalt, is a diplomat, and her other son is Daniel Casado Rigalt, is a writer and expert in archeology.
Works
* ''Yo fui chica de alterne'' (1976)
* ''La vida empieza en lunes'' (1996)
* ''Cosas de mujer'' (1997)
* ''Mi noche de bodas'' (1997)
* ''Mi corazón que baila con espigas'' (1997)
* ''La mujer de agua'' (2000)
* ''Diario de una adicta a casi todo'' (2002)
* ''Todas somos princesas y otras crónicas de la vida cotidiana'' (2004)
* ''¡Socorro!: me estoy pareciendo a mi madre'' (co-written with Rosa Villacastín, 2005).
References
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1949 births
Spanish journalists
Spanish novelists
University of Barcelona alumni
Living people