Núria Vilaplana i Buixons (1931 – 25 December 2016), better known as Núria Pompeia, was a Catalan Spanish cartoonist, graphic

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, journalist in the

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and Castilian languages, and a Catalan writer in Catalan. Born and raised in

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neighborhood, she studied art at the Escola Massana in Barcelona. She published her first cartoons in ''Oriflama'' in 1969. Her drawings often denoted social class, the bourgeoisie, or criticism of sexism. In more laid-back humor magazines, she also depicted censorship in a comic manner. Pompeia published novels and short stories, and worked in journalism. She died in Barcelona on 25 December 2016, aged 85.

Selected works

Comics and graphic humor

* ''Maternasis'', 1967 * ''Y fueron felices comiendo perdices '', 1970 * ''Pels segles dels segles'', 1971 * ''La educación de Palmira'', 1972 * ''Mujercitas'', 1975 * ''Cambios y Recambios'', 1991

Narrative

* ''Cinc cèntims'', 1981 (short stories) * ''Mals endreços'', 1997 (short stories) * ''Inventari de l’últim dia'', 1986 (novel)

Awards

*2000: Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona for Artistic Merit *2007:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pompeia, Nuria Spanish editorial cartoonists 1931 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Spanish women artists Writers from Barcelona Women writers from Catalonia Spanish women cartoonists Spanish women journalists Journalists from Catalonia Spanish feminists