Núria Pompeia Explained

Núria Vilaplana i Buixons (1931 – 25 December 2016), better known as Núria Pompeia, was a Catalan Spanish cartoonist, graphic humorist,^[1] journalist in the Catalan and Castilian languages, and a Catalan writer in Catalan.

Born and raised in Dreta de l'Eixample neighborhood, she studied art at the Escola Massana in Barcelona. She published her first cartoons in Oriflama in 1969.^[2] Her drawings often denoted social class, the bourgeoisie, or criticism of sexism. In more laid-back humor magazines, she also depicted censorship in a comic manner. Pompeia published novels and short stories, and worked in journalism. She died in Barcelona on 25 December 2016, aged 85.^[3]

Selected works

Comics and graphic humor

• Maternasis, 1967
• Y fueron felices comiendo perdices , 1970
• Pels segles dels segles, 1971
• La educación de Palmira, 1972
• Mujercitas, 1975
• Cambios y Recambios, 1991

Narrative

• Cinc cèntims, 1981 (short stories)
• Mals endreços, 1997 (short stories)
• Inventari de l’últim dia, 1986 (novel)

Awards

• 2000: Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona for Artistic Merit
• 2007: Creu de Sant Jordi

Notes and References

1. News: Navarro Arisa. Juan José. La seriedad de dos humoristas gráficos. 8 April 2014. El Pais. 25 April 1983. Spanish.
2. Inglés Yuba . Eduard . Puig Barata . Núria . 2016-01-30 . Gestión de la práctica deportiva en el medio natural. Efectos de la gobernanza en red colaborativa sobre el desarrollo sostenible . Apunts Educación Física y Deportes . 124 . 89–99 . 10.5672/apunts.2014-0983.es.(2016/2).124.07 . 1577-4015. free .
3. Web site: Muere Núria Pompeia, dibujante y feminista. 26 December 2016.