Mónica González (journalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mónica González (journalist)

Chilean journalist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mónica González Mujica (born 24 October 1949) is a Chilean writer and journalist.
She won the Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 2002, the Dan David Prize in 2006 and UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2010.
From 2005-2006 she was editor of es:Diario Siete, a daily paper in Santiago de Chile which ran for a year. In the 2013 film, Viva Chile Mierda, González was interviewed by film-maker Adrian Goycoolea about her experience during the Chilean coup and her interviews with Andres Valenzuela, a guard who revealed the use of torture by the regime.