Susana Viau (25 September 1944 – 24 March 2013) was an Argentine journalist, writer, and political columnist with extensive experience in graphic media in her country.[1]
Susana Viau | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 September 1944 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 24 March 2013 (aged 68) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
| Spouse | Enrique Pacheco |
Biography edit
Susana Viau studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She was a revolutionary militant in the 60s and 70s.
After the 1976 coup d'état, in 1977 she had to go into exile. After six months as a refugee with her family in Brazil, she lived in Madrid until 1988, when she returned to Argentina.[2]
She maintained a friendship with political figures of various ideological extractions: with Union Peronist bloc deputy Felipe Solá, Radical Civic Union (UCR) deputy and presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín, and the national journalist and deputy Miguel Bonasso.
Journalistic career edit
Viau began working in journalism in 1966 at the magazine Panorama. Then she went to Siete Días, Análisis, and Confirmado. She joined the newspaper El Mundo, linked to the Workers' Revolutionary Party, where she worked in the Correction section. Later she went to El Cronista Comercial, directed by Rafael Perrotta.[3]
From Spain she wrote for Página/12, where she worked for 20 years as a writer. There she completed exemplary journalistic investigations, such as the one that put in check the private secretary of President Carlos Menem, Miguel Ángel Vicco, for his bargain by which the National Maternal and Child Plan received poor-quality milk for children without resources.[4] She investigated the PAMI record-keeper, Matilde Menéndez,[5] the parallel money table of the Banco Hipotecario, and the Menemista banker Raúl Moneta, about whom she published a book.[6]
In 2008, she went on to the newspaper Crítica de la Argentina, where she devoted herself to political analysis as well as research and interviews.[7]
In later years she worked as a reference political columnist at the Sunday edition of the newspaper Clarín.
Radio edit
On radio, from La Once Diez, she was a columnist for the program Estamos como queremos.[3]
Death edit
Susana Viau died as a consequence of the late recurrence of a lung cancer at the Alexander Fleming Oncological Institute in Buenos Aires at age 68.[2][3]
Her husband Enrique Pacheco died on 31 December of the same year. The couple had two children, María and Enrique.[8]
Books edit
- 2001, El banquero. Raúl Moneta, un amigo del poder en la ruta del lavado, Planeta, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-49-0815-2[6]
- 2013, La reina de corazones. No es más que un naipe en la baraja, Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, ISBN 9789500744850
References edit
- ^ Frontera, Luis. "El aire es público" [The Air is Public]. Perfil. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Murió la reconocida periodista Susana Viau" [The Distinguished Journalist Susana Viau Dies]. Clarín (in Spanish). 24 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Falleció la destacada periodista Susana Viau" [The Distinguished Journalist Susana Viau Passes Away]. La Nación (in Spanish). 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Viau, Susana (14 August 1998). "Dos fiscales piden prision a Carlos Spadone por defraudacion" [Two Prosecutors Ask for Prison for Carlos Spadone]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Viau, Susana (11 November 1998). "Galeano debera indagar a Matilde Menendez" [Galeano Must Investigate Matilde Menendez]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Un libro sobre Moneta recuerda cuando 'Mendoza era una fiesta'" [A Book About Moneta Remembers When 'Mendoza was a Party']. Los Andes. 13 October 2001. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Después de 45 años y de la mano de Lanata, vuelve Crítica" [After 45 Years and From the Hand of Lanata, Crítica Returns]. Diario Sobre Diarios (in Spanish). December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Murió Susana Viau, la pluma punzante que irritó al poder" [Susana Viau Dies, the Sharp Pen that Irritated Power]. Clarín (in Spanish). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2018.