Vicente Verdú

Who is Vicente Verdú?

Vicente Verdú is a Spanish writer, journalist and economist.

Verdú has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Paris and is a member of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He has been editor in chief of Cuadernos para el Diálogo and Revista de Occidente, and director of the Op-Ed page in Madrid's leading newspaper, El País, where he publishes an occasional column. He also has a blog at http://www.elboomeran.com

In 1997 he was awarded the González-Ruano Prize of Journalism and the Miguel Delibes National Prize of Journalism for his article "La vista sorda", published in El País on 30 October 1997. He lives and writes in Madrid.