David Gistau

David Gistau Retes (19 June 1970 – 9 February 2020)[1] was a Spanish journalist, scriptwriter and novelist.

David Gistau
Born(1970-06-19)19 June 1970
Madrid
Died9 February 2020(2020-02-09) (aged 49)
Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversidad Complutense de Madrid
OccupationJournalist, scriptwriter, novelist
Years active1997–2019
EmployerLa Razón (1997-2004)
El Mundo (2005-2013)
ABC (2013-2018)
El Mundo (2018–2019)
Children4

Career

After finishing his journalism studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[2] Gistau worked for several major Spanish publications, like La Razón, ABC and El Mundo.[3] In his later years, he primarily wrote as a columnist, earning him an appreciable degree of public notoriety.

Published books
  • A que no hay huevos (2004)[4]
  • La España de Zetapé (2005)[5]
  • ¿Qué nos estás haciendo, ZP? (2007)[6]
  • Ruido de fondo (2008)[7]
  • Golpes bajos (2017)[8]
  • Gente que se fue (2019)[9]

Personal life

A father of three sons and a daughter, Gistau died on 9 February 2020 after what had seemed like a smooth recovery from a brain injury he had sustained while training at a boxing gym in November 2019.[1]

Following his passing, many public figures such as political leaders Pedro Sánchez[10] and Pablo Casado,[11] as well as fellow authors Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Manuel Jabois and the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, offered their condolences.[12]

gollark: (or at least weren't very well-known, I assume)
gollark: It's weird that concepts as basic to us as the place value numeral thing didn't exist back in Roman times.
gollark: Wow, what a "useful" feature of Roman numerals?!
gollark: Denied.
gollark: You seem to be ASSUMING the meaning of 9.

References
  1. "Muere el periodista David Gistau a los 49 años" (in Spanish). El País. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. "Biografías | Opinión | elmundo.es" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "Muere David Gistau, la contundencia del periodismo" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. Senabre, Ricardo. "A que no hay huevos | El Cultural" (in Spanish). El Cultural. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. Sarabia, Bernabé. "La España de Zetapé | El Cultural" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. Torres, Vicente (26 March 2007). "`¿Qué nos estás haciendo, ZP?´, de David Gistau". blogs.periodistadigital.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. "'Ruido de fondo', de David Gistau". blogs.periodistadigital.com (in Spanish). 21 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. "Adelanto de 'Golpes bajos', la nueva novela de David Gistau" (in Spanish). zenda. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. "Gistau, "como Umbral" en 'Gente que se fue'" (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. "El peor desenlace para dos meses de lucha. Nos deja un periodista y columnista de gran talento, mordaz e inteligente. Mi abrazo a su familia, amistades y compañeros de @elmundoes. Hasta siempre, Gistau". twitter.com. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. "El periodismo pierde a uno de sus grandes referentes, David Gistau. Un columnista brillante que analizaba la política con talento innato. Un cariñoso abrazo a su mujer, sus 4 hijos, al resto de su familia y a los compañeros que disfrutaron junto a él de una profesión apasionante". twitter.com. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  12. Sanz Esquerro, David (11 February 2020). "Último adiós a David Gistau del periodismo y la política". El Mundo. p. 28.
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