Vicente Verdú

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 at Harvard University. He was one of the contributors of ''Doblón'' magazine from 1974 to 1976. He was editor in chief of ''Cuadernos para el Diálogo'' and ''Revista de Occidente'', and director of the Op-Ed page in Madrid's leading newspaper, ''El País'', where he published an occasional column. 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. Provided by Wikipedia