Ramón Luís Chao Rego (21 July 1935 – 20 May 2018) was a Spanish journalist and writer. He won the Premio de Virtuosismo for Piano in 1955. The same year he moved to Paris, France to study music with

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

and

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. In 1960 he began his collaboration with the RTF's Iberian languages Service. He was head of this service ten years later. At the same time he was collaborating with the Spanish weekly '' Triunfo'', the monthly '' Le Monde Diplomatique'', and the daily newspapers ''

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'' and ''

La Voz de Galicia ''La Voz de Galicia'' ( en, The Voice of Galicia) is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is highest circulation newspaper in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation general-interest daily newspaper ...

''. Ramón Chao was named ''chevalier de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' in 1991 and named as an ''officier'' in 2004. In 2003 the Spanish government awarded him the

Orden del Mérito Civil The Order of Civil Merit ( es, Orden del Mérito Civil) was established by King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1926. The order recognizes "the civic virtue of officers in the service of the Nation, as well as extraordinary service by Spanish and fore ...

. In 1997 he won the prize Premio Galicia de la Comunicación. In 2001, the Liberpress prize in Gerona for his human coherence and his solidarity in the field of journalism: “per la seva coherència humana i solidaritat periodística”. He was the father of radio journalist Antoine Chao and of the musician and singer

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...

, both of them members of the Mano Negra band whose Colombian adventure was described in Ramón Chao's book ''Mano Negra en Colombia: Un tren de hielo y fuego''.

Bibliography

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Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...

'' (1973) *'' Después de Franco, España'' (1975) *'' Guía secreta de París'' (1979) *'' O lago de Como'' (1982) *'' Conversaciones con Alejo Carpentier'' (1984) *'' Un possible Onetti'' (1992) *'' Mano negra en Colombia: Un tren de hielo y fuego'' (1992) (English translation: ''The Train of Ice and Fire'', published by Route, 2009, ). *'' Prisciliano de Compostela'' (1999) *'' Abecedario (subjetivo) de la globalización'' (with

Ignacio Ramonet Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde diplomatiq ...

and Jacek Woźniak) *'' La pasión de la Bella Otero'' (2001) *'' Desde mi otero'' (2003) *'' Porque Cuba eres tú'' (2005) *'' Las Travesías de Luis Gontán'' (2006) *'' Las andaduras del Che'' with Jaceck Wozniak) (2007) *'' Guia del París Rebelde'' con Ignacio Ramonet, (2008) *'' Memorias de un invasor'' (2008) *'' Cuba-Miracles'' (with Jacek Wozniak and Antoine Chao (2009)

Films

*'' Llorens Artigas'' with Georges Ferraro TVF (1970) *'' Arriba España'' with José María Berzosa and André Camp. SFP París (1976) *'' Oú es-Tu ?'' with J.M. Berzosa FR3 (1989) *'' 50 años después de la guerra'', with José Maria Berzosa ( 1980- SFR) *'' Tres días con Onetti'', with José María Berzosa - SFP-Paris (1990), Océaniques

Radio

*'' De la Bastilla a Moncada'' Premio Radio La Habana. ORTF (1978 *'' Conversaciones con Jorge Luis Borges'' in collaboration with

ORTF (1980) *'' Julio Cortázar Esbozo'' with (Adelaida Blázquez) Premio International "España" (1984) *'' De Berceo al altiplano, itinerario del español'' Premio International "España" (1985), with Erlens Calabuig.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chao, Ramon 1935 births 2018 deaths People from Vilalba Writers from Galicia (Spain) Spanish journalists Spanish male writers Galician-language writers