Cristina Mucci

Argentine writer, lawyer and journalist

Martín Fierro Awards (1995, 1996, 1998, 2002)
Konex Award (2007)

Websitewww.cristinamucci.com.ar

Cristina Mucci (born 24 January 1949) is an Argentine writer and journalist. Since 1987 she has been directing and producing the television program Los siete locos, dedicated to the dissemination of books and culture. She is the author of books about Argentine writers, such as Leopoldo Lugones^[1] and three emblematic women of Argentine literature from the 1950s–60s: Marta Lynch, Silvina Bullrich, and Beatriz Guido.^[2]

Career

Cristina Mucci earned a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. She worked as a cultural journalist at the newspapers La Voz and La Razón where she was editor of the cultural page, as well as publishing articles in magazines and newspapers such as Clarín and La Nación.

Since 1987, she has been directing the television program Los siete locos,^[3] dedicated to the dissemination of books and culture, for which she won four Martín Fierro Awards. She hosted the program Encuentros directed by Oscar Barney Finn, wrote scripts for the programs about Victoria Ocampo and Silvina Ocampo for the DNI cycle and the special about the 20th anniversary of the Julio Cortázar's death.

Awards and distinctions

Martín Fierro Awards (1995,^[4] 1996,^[5] 1998,^[6] 2002^[7])
APTRA Special Career Award^[8]
1998 Julio Cortázar Award from the Argentine Book Chamber^[9]
Los siete locos declared of cultural interest by the Secretary of Culture and the Chamber of Deputies
2007 Konex Award for Literature^[10]^[11]
2010 Bicentennial Medal from the City of Buenos Aires^[12]

Publications

Voces de la cultura argentina, El Ateneo, 1997, ISBN 9789500284721
La señora Lynch, biography of the writer Marta Lynch, Grupo Editorial Norma, 2000, ISBN 9789879334843
Divina Beatrice, biography of the writer Beatriz Guido, 2002, ISBN 978-9875450707^[2]
La gran burguesa, biography of the writer Silvina Bullrich, Grupo Editorial Norma, 2003, ISBN 9789875451285
Pensar la Argentina, Grupo Editorial Norma, 2006, ISBN 9789875453791
Leopoldo Lugones, los escritores y el poder, Ediciones B, 2009, ISBN 9789876271233^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "'El poder atrae a los pensadores y los usa, pero después los tira'" ['Power Attracts Thinkers and Uses Them, But Then Discards Them']. La Nación (in Spanish). 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Chaher, Sandra (17 January 2003). "Aquellas 3" [Those 3]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Cristina Mucci". La Nación (in Spanish). 22 December 2002. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Martin Fierro de Cable 1995" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Martin Fierro de Cable 1996" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Martin Fierro de Cable 1998" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Martín Fierro de Aire 2002" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Alicaída entrega de los premios Martín Fierro" [Downbeat Delivery of the Martín Fierro Awards]. Perfil (in Spanish). 24 May 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Premio 'Julio Cortázar' 2002 para Imaginaria". Imaginaria (in Spanish). No. 86. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Cristina Mucci". Konex Foundation. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Premió la Fundación Konex a 100 periodistas" [Konex Foundation Award to 100 Journalists]. La Nación (in Spanish). 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Arranca la Muestra Libros en Olavarría" [The Book Show Starts in Olavarría]. El Popular (in Spanish). 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.