Natalio Félix Botana | |
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| Born | Natalio Félix Botana Miralles September 8, 1888 Sarandí del Yí, Uruguay |
| Died | August 7, 1941 (aged 52) Jujuy, Argentina |
| Occupation | Media entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1913–1941 |
| Notable work | Crítica newspaper |
Natalio Félix Botana Miralles (Sarandí del Yí, September 8, 1888 – San Salvador de Jujuy, August 7, 1941), was an Uruguayan journalist and entrepreneur who founded the Argentine newspaper Crítica in 1913.[1][2][3] Published until 1962, Crítica was the most widely circulated newspaper in Latin America.[4]
Botana was a pioneer of sensationalist media in Argentina, and is considered one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century in that country.[5]
He also presided over the Argentine Football Association during a brief period in 1926.[6]
- ^ Abós, Álvaro: El Tábano: Vida, pasión y muerte de Natalio Botana. (The Horsefly: Life, passion and death of Natalio Botana) Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2001.
- ^ "ARGENTINE SITS ON POWDER KEG". Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1931. p. 7. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
The newspaper La Critics, influential Spanish language daily, has been suspended for an indefinite period and its editor, Natalio Botana ...
- ^ Krauss, Clifford (August 2, 2001). "ARTS ABROAD; Argentina Fights to Save Mural by Mexican Painter". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
he found refuge in the home of Natalio Botana, a free-spirited newspaper publisher who enjoyed playing host to avant-garde intellectuals like Pablo Neruda, the Chilean poet, and Federico García Lorca, the Spanish playwright
- ^ Diario sobre Diarios Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
izqwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ La rápida y portentosa vida de Natalio Botana by Miguel Arregui on El Observador, 12 Apr 2017