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Pilar Urbano
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Pilar Urbano Casaña
1940 (age 84–85) Valencia, Spain
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| Alma mater | Official School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
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| Organization | Opus Dei |
Pilar Urbano Casaña, born in 1940, is a well-known Spanish journalist and author. She has written many books and worked for important newspapers and TV shows.
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About Pilar Urbano
Pilar Urbano was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1940. She is a journalist and writer who has worked for many important newspapers and magazines.
Her Start in Journalism
Pilar Urbano studied Philosophy and Literature. She then became a journalist, graduating at the top of her class from the Official School of Journalism.
She worked as a political commentator for newspapers like ABC and Ya. Later, she wrote for El Mundo newspaper and Época magazine.
Working in Radio and TV
Pilar Urbano also worked in radio and television. In 1988, she joined Encarna Sánchez's radio show Directamente Encarna on Cadena COPE.
On television, she worked with Jesús Hermida. She was part of political discussion shows like La noche de Hermida (1993) and Hermida y Cía (1994) on Antena 3.
Later, she joined the news program Informativos Telecinco in 1994. From 1995 to 1998, she worked on the radio show La Brújula on Onda Cero.
Books by Pilar Urbano
Pilar Urbano is known for writing books about important current events. She has written about historical moments in Spain, like the 1981 Spanish coup attempt. She was actually there, watching from the journalists' area in the Congress of Deputies.
She later said that she felt freedom was more important than life during that event. She has also written about major world events, like the September 11 attacks.
Books About Important People
Pilar Urbano has written biographies of famous people. She wrote two authorized books about Queen Sofía and Judge Baltasar Garzón.
One of her books about Queen Sofía, La Reina muy de cerca (2008), caused some discussion. The Royal Household of Spain stated that some ideas in the book, which were said to be from the Queen, did not exactly match her actual opinions. Pilar Urbano said that the Royal House had read and approved the book before it was published.
Pilar Urbano's Published Works
Pilar Urbano has written many books throughout her career. Here are some of them:
- España cambia la piel: entrevistas políticas (1976)
- Con la venia, yo indagué el 23-F (1982)
- El hombre de Villa Tevere: los años romanos de Josemaría Escrivá (1995)
- Yo entré en el Cesid (1996)
- La Reina (1997)
- Garzón: el hombre que veía amanecer (2000)
- Jefe Atta: el secreto de la Casa Blanca (2003)
- La madre del ajusticiado (2005)
- La Reina muy de cerca (2008)
- El precio del trono (2011)
- La gran desmemoria. Lo que Suárez olvidó y el Rey prefiere no recordar (2014)
- "Pieza 25, salvar a la infanta" (2017)
See also
In Spanish: Pilar Urbano para niños
