Blanca Tejos Muñoz Explained

Blanca Tejos Muñoz
Birth Place:	Chile
Nationality:	Chilean
Other Names:	White
Occupation:	Journalist, writer, teacher
Years Active:	1941 – present
Spouse:	Jesús Aurtenechea Léniz

Blanca Tejos Muñoz is a Chilean journalist, writer, and teacher,^[1] best known for winning the Lenka Franulic Award in 1964^[2] and the Helena Rubinstein Award in 1967.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Blanca Tejos Muñoz's journalistic career started at the newspaper El Mercurio in 1941^[1] as the third woman journalist to work for the publication in its history. She continued to work for the paper until 1980.^{[3] [5]}

In 1964 she won the second prize of the Carlos Septién Journalism Award from the of Madrid.^[6] She carried out guild activities within the, being elected president of the Metropolitan Council in 1976. In the field of narrative, in 1997 she published Miscelánea cuentos y crónicas under the pseudonym White.

She married Jesús Aurtenechea Léniz, who died on 11 March 2010.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Valdebenito, Alfonso . Historia del periodismo chileno: 1812–1955 . History of Chilean Journalism: 1812–1955 . Fantasia . 305 . Spanish . 1956 . 27 November 2017 . Google Books.
2. Web site: Listado de todos los periodistas premiados . Listing of All Award-Winning Journalists . Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Journalism . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813145744/http://comunicaciones.uc.cl/prontus_fcom/site/artic/20040408/pags/20040408002125.html . 13 August 2014 . dead . 27 November 2017.
3. No sólo para mí . Not Just For Me . . 6 . Spanish . 1967 . 27 November 2017 . Google Books.
4. News: Hace 30 Años . 30 Years Ago . . Spanish . 1 December 2002 . 27 November 2017.
5. News: Rosita Robinovich . Tejos . Blanca . . Spanish . 6 November 1999 . 27 November 2017.
6. News: Concesión del Premio Carlos Septién . Carlos Septién Journalism Award Given . . 76 . Spanish . 11 June 1964 . 27 November 2017.
7. News: In memoriam . Tejos de Aurtenechea . Blanca . . Spanish . 24 December 2011 . 27 November 2017.