Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet

Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet (24 October 1942 - 11 May 2019) was a Spanish feminist journalist.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Minobis and the second or maternal family name is Puntonet.
Montserrat Puntonet
Puntonet in 2017
Born
Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet

24 October 1942
Figueres
Died11 May 2019
Barcelona
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActivist
Years active1970s-2004
Known forPolitical activism
Notable workAureli M. Escarré, Abat de Montserrat

Biography

Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet was born in Figueras on 24 October 1942. She was committed to the anti-Franco struggle of the 1970s and was an activist in defense of Catalan culture. She affiliated with various political formations. In the 1990s, she was president of the European Network of Women Journalists and the Association of Women Journalists of Catalonia. From 2001 to 2004, she was dean of the College of Journalists of Catalonia.[1][2] She was the recipient of several awards, including the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya. She died in Barcelona on 11 May 2019.[3][4]

Selected works
  • 1986, Aureli M. Escarré, Abat de Montserrat (1946-1968)

Awards and honors
  • 1987, Ciutat de Barcelona Award for the Barcelona Oberta program of Ràdio4 from RNE to Catalunya
  • 1990, Espais of the Center d'Art Contemporàni Espais de Girona
  • 1991, Atlàntida, the Nit de l'Edició. Gremi d'Editors de Catalunya
  • 1992, Ràdio d'Omnium Cultural. Nit of Santa Llúcia
  • 1993, Premi de l'entitat Ciemen
  • 1996, Creu de Sant Jordi. Generalitat de Catalunya

References
  1. "El sector periodístico catalán llora la muerte de la veterana Montserrat Minobis". Extra Digital (in Spanish). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "Ha mort la periodista Montserrat Minobis". www.laindependent.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. "Muere Montserrat Minobis, exdecana del Colegio de Periodistas de Cataluña". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "Muere la periodista Montserrat Minobis". www.publico.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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