César di Candia

César di Candia (born 24 October 1929 in Florida) is a Uruguayan journalist and writer.[1]

He developed a long-lasting career in several relevant periodicals: El País, Lunes, El Dedo, Guambia, Repórter, Hechos, La Mañana, Marcha, Búsqueda.[2]

He interviewed notorious politicians involved in the civic-military dictatorship.[3] The interview to the retired General Hugo Medina in which he revealed giving orders to torture was a landmark in Uruguayan journalism.[4]

His literary works reflect his experience in written media.[2]

Selected works

Non-fiction
  • Ni muerte ni derrota (1987, republished in 2006)[1]
  • 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)[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Profession: Journalist (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Bio of César di Candia (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Interview with César di Candia (in Spanish)
  4. ^ It is necessary to write (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Fiction does not work properly in Uruguay (in Spanish)


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