Juby Bustamante

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Juby Bustamante
Born
María Jubilia Fernández Bustamante

(1938-09-11)11 September 1938
Santander, Spain
Died10 July 2014(2014-07-10) (aged 75)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationJournalist
Employer
Spouse(s) [es]
Awards [es]

María Jubilia Fernández Bustamante (11 September 1938 – 10 July 2014), better known as Juby Bustamante, was a Spanish journalist.

Career[]

The daughter of sports journalist Agustín "Langarita" Fernández, Juby Bustamante started her career at the Cantabrian newspaper  [es] in her native Santander,[1] but soon moved to Madrid where she wrote for  [es].[2] She specialized in cultural journalism, although she worked in other fields, becoming a distinguished voice of the Spanish transition to democracy. In the words of journalist Nativel Preciado, "she was a fascinating narrator and had a strong literary style."[2]

She worked at the daily  [es], closed in 1971 by the dictatorship of General Franco. From there she went to the magazine Cambio 16 where she was part of the founding team of Diario 16.[2] She left the newspaper in 1982 to join the Ministry of Culture as Javier Solana's press officer during the Felipe González administration, where she stayed until 1988. With the arrival of Jorge Semprún to the ministry, she became its cabinet director.[3] After her retirement in 1991, she was appointed director of communication for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation where she remained until her retirement in 2006.[2]

She was the wife of journalist  [es] and mother of two children, Miguel and Andrea.[4]

Acknowledgments[]

In 2011, during the second government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, she was awarded the  [es].[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Juby Bustamante". ABC (in Spanish). Córdoba. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Preciado, Nativel (10 July 2014). "Unos pasos detrás de mi maestra" [A Few Steps Behind My Teacher]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Ministerio de Cultura" [Ministry of Culture] (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (65): 8664. 16 March 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ Cruz, Juan (10 July 2014). "Juby Bustamante, emblema del periodismo y de la cultura" [Juby Bustamante, Emblem of Journalism and Culture]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Real Decreto 1646/2011" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (277): 119290. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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