Núria Pompeia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Núria Pompeia

Spanish journalist, writer and literary critic

Date of Birth: 02-May-1931

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 25-Dec-2016

Profession: writer, cartoonist, journalist, literary critic, drawer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Núria Vilaplana i Buixons (1931 – 25 December 2016), better known as Núria Pompeia, was a Spanish cartoonist, graphic humorist, journalist in Catalan and Castilian languages, and a Catalan writer in Catalan.
Born and raised in Dreta de l'Eixample neighborhood, she studied art at the Escuela Massana in Barcelona.
She first published her first cartoons in Oriflama in 1969 .
Her drawings often denote social class, the bourgeoisie, or criticism of the sexism.
In the more lenient humor magazines, she also depicts censorship in a comic manner.
Pompeia has published novels and short stories, and has worked in journalism.
She died in Barcelona on 25 December 2016, aged 85.