César di Candia (24 October 1929 – 17 March 2025) was a Uruguayan journalist and writer.Profession: Journalist

Life and career

Di Candia was born in

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on 24 October 1929. He developed a long-lasting career in several relevant periodicals: ''

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He interviewed notorious politicians involved in the civic-military dictatorship. The interview with the retired General Hugo Medina in which he revealed giving orders to torture was a landmark in Uruguayan journalism. His literary works reflected his experience in written media. Di Candia died on 17 March 2025, at the age of 95.

Selected works

;Non-fiction *''Ni muerte ni derrota'' (1987, republished in 2006) *''El viento nuestro de cada día'' (1989) *''Los años del odio'' (1993) *''La generación encorsetada'' (1994) *''Grandes entrevistas uruguayas'' (editor, 2000) *''Sólo cuando sucumba'' (2003) *''Tiempos de tolerancia, tiempos de ira'' (2005) ;Fiction *''El país del deja, deja'' (1996) *''Resucitar no es gran cosa'' (1997) *''Concierto para doble discurso y orquesta'' (2003) *''El pleito de la Princesa de Gales y otros relatos'' (2016)Fiction does not work properly in Uruguay

References

1929 births 2025 deaths Uruguayan journalists Uruguayan male writers People from Florida, Uruguay {{Uruguay-journalist-stub