Blanca Tejos Muñoz is a Chilean journalist, writer, and teacher,[1] best known for winning the Lenka Franulic Award in 1964[2] and the Helena Rubinstein Award in 1967.[3][4]

Blanca Tejos Muñoz
Born
NationalityChilean
Other namesWhite
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer, teacher
Years active1941 – present
SpouseJesús Aurtenechea Léniz
Awards

Career edit

Blanca Tejos Muñoz's journalistic career started at the newspaper El Mercurio in 1941[1] as the third woman journalist to work for the publication in its history. She continued to work for the paper until 1980.[3][5]

In 1964 she won the second prize of the Carlos Septién Journalism Award from the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica [es] of Madrid.[6] She carried out guild activities within the Chilean Journalists Association [es], being elected president of the Metropolitan Council in 1976. In the field of narrative, in 1997 she published Miscelánea cuentos y crónicas under the pseudonym White.

She married Jesús Aurtenechea Léniz, who died on 11 March 2010.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Valdebenito, Alfonso (1956). Historia del periodismo chileno: 1812–1955 [History of Chilean Journalism: 1812–1955] (in Spanish). Fantasia. p. 305. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Listado de todos los periodistas premiados" [Listing of All Award-Winning Journalists] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Journalism. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "No sólo para mí" [Not Just For Me]. Ercilla (in Spanish). 1967. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Hace 30 Años" [30 Years Ago]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 1 December 2002. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ Tejos, Blanca (6 November 1999). "Rosita Robinovich". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Concesión del Premio Carlos Septién" [Carlos Septién Journalism Award Given]. ABC (in Spanish). 11 June 1964. p. 76. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ^ Tejos de Aurtenechea, Blanca (24 December 2011). "In memoriam". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2017.