Vicente Verdú, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vicente Verdú

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1942

Place of Birth: Elche, Valencian Community, Spain

Date of Death: 21-Aug-2018

Profession: writer, poet, economist, painter, journalist, sociologist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Vicente Verdú (October 23, 1942 – August 21, 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 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.