Montserrat Puntonet | |
Birth Name: | Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1942 |
Birth Place: | Figueres |
Death Date: | 11 May 2019 |
Death Place: | Barcelona |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Occupation: | Activist |
Years Active: | 1970s-2004 |
Known For: | Political activism |
Notable Works: | Aureli M. Escarré, Abat de Montserrat |
Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet (24 October 1942 - 11 May 2019) was a Spanish feminist journalist.
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]