The Guayaquil journalist Graciela Levi Castillo, in her 88 years of life, marked a path in communication that is recognized with two busts in her honor, making her part of the city’s present.
On December 8, the first one will be inaugurated on av. 10N0 del Periodista and 12N0 street – Dr. Luis Plaza Dañín, at 10:30, and the second, located in the Lomas de Urdesa citadel, 13N0 street – Lcdo. Fernando Artieda and Quinto Pasaje 25N0, will be unveiled on December 9, at 12:00.
Graciela Levi Castillo comes from a family of journalists and had an extensive career at the national and international level. Among his interviews with personalities, Juan Domingo and Evita Perón, Francisco Franco Bahamonde, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Rufino Tamayo, Christian Barnard, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Sophia Loren, María Félix, Gene Kelly stand out. and Mario Moreno, among others.
Collaborated and published in newspaper The Telegraph, The Universe and the magazines Glance, Tribune, The Street Y Radio Cinema, from Ecuador. And outside the country, in the newspapers Excelsior Y The universalin Spanish and English, magazine cinelandia Y Magazine of Magazinesfrom Mexico; Diario de La Marina, Graphic Cinema, Posters Y Bohemiafrom Havana, Cuba, before the Fidel Castro era; The universalfrom Caracas, Venezuela; abc from Madrid, Spain; The Press, from Buenos Aires, Argentina; magazine oggifrom Italy, and with the Associated Press in Europe.
Mourning journalism for Graciela Levi Castillo
She was the first general director of Tourism of Ecuador during the government of Carlos Julio Arosemena; She is a representative of the National Union of Press Writers of Mexico, a member of the Nucleo del Guayas House of Culture, the board of directors of the Guayaquil Chamber of Industries and the Circle of Guayas Journalists. She also received an agreement recognizing her journalistic work from the National Congress of Ecuador.
The inauguration of the two busts in his honor will be attended by city authorities and Victoria Olcott, his only daughter from his marriage to New York lawyer Bernard Olcott. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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