Marina de Navasal
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Born | Marina Kunstmann Oettinger 11 May 1922 Valdivia, Chile |
Died | 25 January 2016 Machalí, Chile | (aged 93)
Occupation | Journalist, television presenter, radio announcer |
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Children | Joaquín, Ximena |
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Marina Kunstmann Oettinger (11 May 1922 – 25 January 2016), better known as Marina de Navasal, was a Chilean journalist, television presenter, and radio announcer of German descent.[1]
Biography[]
Marina Kunstmann Oettinger was the fourth daughter of Arturo Kunstmann Gerkens and Inés Oettinger. After marrying Spanish journalist [2]
, she began to sign with his surname. The couple had two children, Joaquín and Ximena, who both became journalists.Marina de Navasal began her journalism career in 1945, at the newspaper Las Últimas Noticias, and later at El Mercurio de Santiago. She was also a columnist for the newspapers El Mercurio de Valparaíso[3] and El Rancagüino.[4] In 1955 she founded the news service , together with Alfredo Valdés Loma, Andrés Aburto, and her husband.[2] She was a columnist for the magazines (of which she was director from 1960 to 1964)[5] and .[6]
On television, she was a panelist for the Canal 13 program (1974–2000) and announcer for Radio Prat, both together with her husband José María.[7] On 29 July 1981 the Navasal/Kunstmann team provided live commentary for the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer for Canal 13.[8]
In 1985 she won the Lenka Franulic Award, and in 1995 she and her husband received the Orbe Award.[3]
Marina de Navasal was widowed in 1999, and died on 25 January 2016, at her home in Machalí.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "A los 93 años fallece la periodista Marina de Navasal" [Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies at Age 93]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "In Memoriam". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "A los 93 años fallece la periodista Marina de Navasal" [Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies at Age 93]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Sepulveda, Alejandra (25 January 2016). "Falleció destacada periodista nacional Marina de Navasal" [Distinguished National Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies]. El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Ecran (1930–1969)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ de Navasal, Marina (1965). "La dobe vida de Amalia" [The Double Life of Amalia] (PDF). TV Guía (in Spanish). No. 7. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Memoria Chilena.
- ^ Torres, Carlos Jorge (1 August 2005). "Radios 'Siam' – 'Prat'". Discoteca Otoñal (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Transmisiones especiales" [Special Transmissions]. nuestro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- 1922 births
- 2016 deaths
- Chilean journalists
- Chilean people of German descent
- Chilean television presenters
- Chilean women journalists
- People from Valdivia
- Radio and television announcers
- Chilean women television presenters