Carme Rigalt Tarragó (

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, 1949) is a Catalan journalist and novelist.

Writing career

After graduating in journalism from the

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, she began her career at the newspaper ''Pueblo'' in 1975. She also started writing for the magazine ''Viva'' in 1976. In 1977, she was hired by the newspaper ''Informaciones'', and a year later directed the women's magazine ''Libera''. Since 1992, she writes a column in '' El Mundo''. She has also contributed to the magazine ''Diez Minutos''. In 1997, she published her first novel ''Mi corazón que baila con espigas'', which became a finalist of the

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. Since then she has published the novel ''La mujer de agua'' and the non-fiction book ''Diario de una adicta a casi todo''.

Controversy

In 2001, the Provincial Court of Madrid acquitted her of the crime of damaging the honor of the singer

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, who she claimed was a homosexual in ''El Mundo''. However, the decision was reversed in 2008 by the

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, condemning Rigalt, the newspaper ''El Mundo'', Miguel Ángel Mellado and Unidad Editorial (the publisher of ''El Mundo''), and ordered them to pay 30,000 euros to Alejandro Sanz. In 2018, she received widespread criticism for an opinion piece she wrote in '' El Mundo'' newspaper comparing central Madrid being restricted to traffic to the

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.La columnista de ‘El Mundo’ Carmen Rigalt califica de “gueto” Madrid Central y sale escaldada
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Personal life

She is married to the journalist Antonio Casado and has two sons. Her son Antonio Casado Rigalt, is a diplomat, and her other son is Daniel Casado Rigalt, is a writer and expert in archeology.

Works

* ''Yo fui chica de alterne'' (1976) * ''La vida empieza en lunes'' (1996) * ''Cosas de mujer'' (1997) * ''Mi noche de bodas'' (1997) * ''Mi corazón que baila con espigas'' (1997) * ''La mujer de agua'' (2000) * ''Diario de una adicta a casi todo'' (2002) * ''Todas somos princesas y otras crónicas de la vida cotidiana'' (2004) * ''¡Socorro!: me estoy pareciendo a mi madre'' (co-written with Rosa Villacastín, 2005). * ''Noticia de mi vida'' (2021)

References

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