Vicente Verdú (23 October 1942 – 21 August 2018) was a Spanish writer, journalist and economist.
Verdú had a Ph.D. in sociology from the
University of Paris and was a member of the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is the primary journalism institution at Harvard. It was founded in February 1938 as the result of a $1.4 million bequest by Agnes Wahl Nieman, the widow of Lucius W. Nieman, founder of ' ...
at
Harvard University. He was one of the contributors of ''
Doblón
''Doblón'' was a Spanish language weekly news and business magazine which was in circulation between 1974 and 1976. Its subtitle was semanario de economía e información general (weekly economic and general information magazine). It was one of ...
'' magazine from 1974 to 1976.
He was editor in chief of ''
Cuadernos para el Diálogo
''Cuadernos para el Diálogo'' was a Spanish monthly cultural magazine published between 1963 and 1978 in Madrid, Spain.
History and profile
''Cuadernos'' was established in October 1963 by Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, a former minister of education ...
'' and ''
Revista de Occidente'', and director of the Op-Ed page in Madrid's leading newspaper, ''
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
'', where he published an occasional
column
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. He also had a blog at http://www.elboomeran.com
In 1997 he was awarded the González-Ruano Prize of Journalism and the
Miguel Delibes National Prize of Journalism for his article "La vista sorda", published in ''El País'' on 30 October 1997. He lived in Madrid.
Published books and essays
* ''Si usted no hace regalos le asesinarán'' (1971), a book of drawings censored by the
Francoist regime.
* ''Noviazgo y matrimonio en la burguesía española'' (1974).
* ''Las solteronas'' (1978).
* ''El fútbol: mitos, ritos y símbolos'' (1981).
* ''Sentimientos de la vida cotidiana'' (1985).
* ''Domicilios'' (1987).
* ''Héroes y vecinos'' (1988)
* ''Días sin fumar'' (1988), runner-up for the Premio Anagrama de Ensayo.
* ''Señoras y Señores: Impresiones desde los 50'' (25th Premio Espasa de Ensayo).
* ''El Planeta Americano'' (1997), which obtained the 24th Premio Anagrama de Ensayo.
* ''Emociones'' (1997).
* ''El estilo del mundo: la vida en el capitalismo de ficción (2003)
* ''Alberto Schommer, el poeta de la visión'' (2003)
* ''Noviazgo y matrimonio en la sociedad española: 1974-2004'' (2004).
* ''Yo y tú, objetos de lujo'' (2005).
* ''La ciudad inquieta: el urbanismo contemporáneo entre la realidad y el deseo'' (2005).
* ''No ficción'' (2008)
* ''Passé composé'' (2008))
* ''El capitalismo funeral'' (2009)
* ''La ausencia: el sentir melancólico en un mundo de pérdidas'' (2011)
* ''La hoguera del capital: Abismo y utopía a la vuelta de la esquina'' (2012)
* ''Apocalipsis Now'' (2012)
References
Interviews with the author, links and profile (in Spanish)
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1942 births
2018 deaths
People from Elche
Writers from the Valencian Community
Spanish male writers
University of Paris alumni
Nieman Fellows