María Seoane (born 25 January 1948) is an Argentine economist, journalist, and writer who has ventured into film. She has won numerous awards and published eight books on political issues in Argentine history. She was the director of

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from 2009 until her resignation on 21 December 2015.

Career

María Seoane has a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. She has served as: * National political editor of the journal ''El Periodista de Buenos Aires'' (1985–1989) * National political editor of the newspaper ''Sur'' (1989–1990) * Editor-in-chief of the Argentine section of the magazine '' Noticias'' (1992–1994) * Deputy secretary of national political editing (from 1994) * Director of the '' Clarín'' newspaper supplement ''Zona'' (1998) She has published contributions in: * The Mexican magazine ''Di'' * The Mexican newspapers ''Uno Más Uno'' and '' El Universal'' * The Turin magazine ''Nueva Sociedad''

Academics

Seoane is a professor in the Journalism Master's program of the Chair of Journalistic Research at the University of San Andrés (Buenos Aires), and Columbia University (United States). She has been an OAS consultant, and prepared reports on freedom of expression for the

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Militancy

In 1990s she joined the select group of the Journalists' Association. In 2002, she signed a request from the Journalists' Association criticizing the detention of

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by , due to the alleged appropriation of two children of disappeared persons. During the government of Néstor Kirchner she was director of the magazine ''

Caras y Caretas The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is a non-profit organization responsible for promoting Canadian music and artists. It administers the Juno Awards, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the MusiCounts music education char ...

''. In 2009, under Cristina Fernández, she became Executive Director of

. She resigned the position on 21 December 2015. She is a member of the group COMUNA, in favor of democratic communication.

Books

* ''La noche de los lápices'', chronicle co-authored with , Editorial Contrapunto, 1986 * '' Menem, la patria sociedad anónima'', essay, Editorial Gente Sur, 1990 * ''Todo o nada. Biografía de Mario Roberto Santucho'', Editorial Planeta, 1991 * ''El burgués maldito. Biografía de

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'', Editorial Planeta, 1998 * ''El dictador. Biografía de Jorge Rafael Videla'', co-author, Editorial Sudamericana, 2001 * ''El saqueo de la Argentina'', about privatizations; written in collaboration with and others, 2001 * ''Nosotros : apuntes sobre pasiones, razones y trampas de los argentinos entre dos siglos''. Sudamericana, 2005 * ''Argentina. El siglo del progreso y la oscuridad'', Planeta, 2006 * ''El enigma Perrotta'', Sudamericana, 2011 * ''Bravas. Alicia Eguren de Cooke y Susana Pirí Lugones''. Sudamericana, 2014, * ''El nieto. La trágica y luminosa historia de Ignacio "Guido" Montoya Carlotto'', with , Sudamericana, May 2015

''Notebooks of Caras y Caretas''

* ''La noche de los bastones largos'' (2006) * ''La noche de la dictadura'' (2006) * ''Evita, esa mujer'' (2007) * ''Rodolfo Walsh, la palabra no se rinde'' (2007) * ''La tragedia y la comedia en la Argentina'' (2008) * ''El Cordobazo'' (2009)

Film

Seoane's first book, ''The Night of Pencils'' (''La noche de los lápices''), was adapted into a film of the same name by Argentine director Héctor Olivera. She has ventured into directing with the documentary ''Gelbard, historia secreta del último burgués nacional'' (along with Carlos Castro, 2006), about the former Economy Minister

. She also directed the 2011 animated film '' Eva from Argentina'', focusing on the historical figures Eva Perón and Rodolfo Walsh.

Awards

* 1991 Book of the Year (chosen by Argentine critics) for ''Todo o nada'' * 1994 Konex Award for Biographies and Memoirs * 1998 for her journalistic investigation published in ''Clarín'' on the 1976 military coup * 2000 Julio Cortázar Award from the Argentine Book Chamber * Lifetime Achievement Award from the Henry Moore Foundation (2000) * 2002 Rodolfo Walsh Award from the National University of La Plata's Faculty of Journalism and Communication * 2003 Al Maestro con Cariño Award from

References

External links

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