Lucy Nieto de Samper
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Lucy Nieto de Samper (21 August 1923 – 23 March 2026) was a Colombian journalist and writer.[1]
Lucy Nieto de Samper was born in Bogotá on 21 August 1923, the daughter of Luis Eduardo Nieto Caballero and María Calderón Umaña.[2]
She began in journalism in the magazine Cromos from 1952 to 1962. In 1963 she joined the newspaper El Tiempo where she was a writer and columnist for the section Cosas que pasan.[3]
Between 1974 and 1982 she was a press secretary of the President of Colombia during the governments of Virgilio Barco Vargas and Alfonso López Michelsen. She was the presenter of the program Contrapunto femenino with Gloria Valencia de Castaño and Beatriz de Vieco.[4]
Nieto de Samper died on 23 March 2026, at the age of 102.[5]
References
- ↑ ""Lucy Nieto de Samper, a pioneer of women's journalism in Colombia, died."". EL ESPECTADOR (in Spanish). 24 March 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Pouget, Sophia Rodriguez (20 August 2023). "Lucy Nieto de Samper: cien años de juventud de una destacada periodista". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ León, Juanita (5 January 2023). "Cuando una periodista deja el oficio: Lucy Nieto Samper". La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ "Un recuerdo de doña Lucy Nieto de Samper: La periodista de ágil escritura" (in Spanish). 24 March 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Toro, Saray González (24 March 2026). "Murió Lucy Nieto de Samper a los 102 años: seis décadas de periodismo narrando a Colombia". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2026.