Edith Checa Oviedo
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December 24, 1957
Edith Checa | |
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| Born | Edith Salud Checa Oviedo December 24, 1957 Seville, Spain |
| Died | December 23, 2017 (aged 60) Madrid, Spain |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupations | Journalist, poet, writer, radio host |
Edith Salud Checa Oviedo (Seville, Spain, November 24, 1957 – December 29, 2017) was a Spanish journalist, writer, poet, and radio host.
Checa had a degree in Information Science, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Literature and Media from the Complutense University of Madrid.[1]
In addition to her published poems and novels, Checa had over twenty years of experience as a radio host and radio drama director. She was the director and announcer of the following radio programs with the National University of Distance Education (UNED) from 1989 to 2005, broadcast on Radio 3 of RNE: Rincón literario: tus poemas por las ondas and Informativo Universitario.[2] Following that, Checa was a presenter and writer of the following UNED educational television programs on La 2 on TVE and on TVE Internacional: Literary Rincón and Yesterday and Today in Poetry.[3]
Checa was also an instructor of creative writing, scriptwriting, and communication courses. She collaborated on the screenwriting for the program Al filo de lo impossible.[4]
Her final job was teaching Literary Creation workshops for the Centro Andaluz de las Letras of the Junta de Andalucía. She was also the head of production for the audio guide content for museums and monuments. Checa's latest published book is the young adult novel La laguna del olvido, published December 2017.[3]
Checa died on December 23, 2017, at 60 years old, in Madrid, Spain.[1]