Graciela Romero
Graciela María Luisa Romero Piñero (14 May 1925 – 4 November 2011), better known by her nickname Totó Romero, was a Chilean social worker, journalist, and writer. She was a recipient of the Lenka Franulic Award.
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| Born | Graciela María Luisa Romero Piñero 14 May 1925 Chile |
| Died | 4 November 2011 (aged 86) Chile |
| Other names | Totó Romero |
| Alma mater | Colegio Universitario Inglés |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker, journalist, writer |
| Spouse | Andrés Rosselló |
| Children | Alfonso Roselló Romero |
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| Awards | Lenka Franulic Award (1986) |
Biography
The daughter of writer Alberto Romero and the Argentine Zulema Piñero, Graciela Romero was educated at the Colegio Universitario Inglés of Santiago. She was the niece of distinguished journalist María Romero.[1]
At age 21, she married the Spanish citizen Andrés Rosselló, who was 16 years her senior. They separated because he wanted her to stop working, for which she took the car and the driver. "If you want to work, take a micro," he told her. She did not go in a microbus, but in a taxi.[1] The couple had one child, Alfonso Roselló.[2]
Despite being a social worker by profession, she was known nationally for her joint writing with journalist Ximena Torres Cautivo.[3] She worked in various media, most memorably for the magazine Paula.[4] She also covered news of the international jet set for Vanidades.[5]
Romero was an outspoken liberal and feminist, and at one point lost her job at Salvador Hospital for advocating the use of oral contraceptives.[5]
Her health began to decline in 2009 after being treated for lung cancer,[5] and she was required to use an oxygen tank. She died on 4 November 2011.[3]
Publications
References
- Salinas, M. Eugenia (9 November 2011). "Murió la mujer que decía que era 'antigua', no 'vieja'" [The Woman Who Said She Was 'Ancient', Not 'Old' Dies]. Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- Castro, Felipe (8 November 2011). "Ximena Torres Cautivo: 'Totó' Romero 'no quería un espectáculo' de su funeral" [Ximena Torres Cautivo: 'Totó' Romero 'Would Not Want a Spectacle' of Her Funeral]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- "Fallece 'Totó' Romero, la irreverente retratista de la sociedad chilena" ['Totó' Romero, the Irreverent Portraitist of Chilean Society, Dies]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- Otano, Rafael (2006). Nueva crónica de la transición [New Chronicle of the Transition] (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. p. 257. ISBN 9789562828376. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Google Books.
- Cerda, Sebastiá (8 November 2011). "Ximena Torres despide a su gran amiga Totó Romero: 'Ojalá todos copiaran su ejemplo'" [Ximena Torres Says Goodbye To Her Great Friend Totó Romero: 'I Hope Everyone Will Follow Her Example']. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- Aguirre, Andrés (16 October 1999). "Chile: con el voto a dos manos". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.