César di Candia (born 24 October 1929 in
Florida
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) is a Uruguayan journalist and writer.
[Profession: Journalist](_blank)
He developed a long-lasting career in several relevant periodicals: ''
El País
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'', ''Lunes'', ''El Dedo'', ''Guambia'', ''Repórter'', ''Hechos'', ''
La Mañana
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'', ''
Marcha
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'', ''
Búsqueda''.
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He interviewed notorious politicians involved in the civic-military dictatorship. The interview to the retired General
Hugo Medina
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in which he revealed giving orders to torture was a landmark in Uruguayan journalism.
His literary works reflect his experience in written media.
Selected works
;Non-fiction
*''Ni muerte ni derrota'' (1987, republished in 2006)
*''El viento nuestro de cada día'' (1989)
*''Los años del odio'' (1993)
*''La generación encorsetada'' (1994)
*''Grandes entrevistas uruguayas'' (editor, 2000)
*''Sólo cuando sucumba'' (2003)
*''Tiempos de tolerancia, tiempos de ira'' (2005)
;Fiction
*''El país del deja, deja'' (1996)
*''Resucitar no es gran cosa'' (1997)
*''Concierto para doble discurso y orquesta'' (2003)
*''El pleito de la Princesa de Gales y otros relatos'' (2016)
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References
1929 births
Living people
Uruguayan journalists
Uruguayan male writers
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