Carles Capdevila

Carles Capdevila
Born(1965-08-13)13 August 1965
Els Hostalets de Balenyà, Catalonia
Died1 June 2017(2017-06-01) (aged 51)
Barcelona, Catalonia
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer

Carles Capdevila i Plandiura (Els Hostalets de Balenyà, Osona, 13 August 1965 – Barcelona, 1 June 2017)[1][2] was a Catalan journalist and writer, director of the newspaper Ara for its first five years and from 28 November 2015 onwards founding director.[3] He presented and directed the programmes Eduqueu les criatures in Catalunya Ràdio and Qui els va parir in TV3. He was deputy director of the program Malalts de tele.[4] He directed the section Alguna pregunta més?, within El matí de Catalunya Ràdio. He received the humor and satire award 'Premi Pere Quart d'humor i sàtira' in 1999 for the book Criatura i companyia and in 2016 the National Prize for Communication.[5][6] He died from colorectal cancer on 1 June 2017.

  1. ^ "Carles Capdevila i Plandiura". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Enciclopèdia Catalana. (in Catalan)
  2. ^ "Mor Carles Capdevila, periodista vital". 2 June 2017.
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  4. ^ Book 'El llarg part de Polònia' by Toni Soler
  5. ^ "Carles Capdevila y el Club Súper 3, entre los Premis Nacionals de Comunicació". 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Carles Capdevila, Premi Nacional de comunicació". 3 November 2016.