Orlando Barone | |
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 Orlando Barone (2015) | |
| Born | 5 October 1941 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Website | Orlando Barone |
Orlando Barone (Buenos Aires, 5 October 1941),[1] is an Argentine journalist, writer and university lecturer. As a journalist he works for the newspaperDebate and as a columnist in the TV program6, 7, 8.
Orlando Barone started as editor of the magazineMercado in 1969, where he worked until 1972. That year he released the bookStories Below the Navel.
In late 1974, Barone arranged several meetings betweenJorge Luis Borges andErnesto Sabato, where these writers shared their different perspectives on various matters. These conversations were published in 1997, in the bookDialogues Borges-Sabato. The first edition quickly sold out as did its following two editions. In 2007 it was re-edited.[2] In 1976 he wrote another book of stories that entitledSecret Places.
From 1976 to 1981, Barone worked for the newspaper Clarin.
Between 1982 and 1984 he wrote for the magazineSeven Days and for the agencyDYN. In that time he was also columnist of the newspaperLa Razón led byJacobo Timerman.[3]In 1987 he was appointed magazineExpreso editor secretary. Three years later he assumed as director of the newspaperExtra. In 1991 he published his first novel,The Fire Locomotive.
In the 1990s he worked for the newspaperAmbito Financiero, theTelam agency and the journalRevista Noticias. In 1999 he publishes a poems book calledThe Mouth of the Riachuelo.
During many years he was partner ofVictor Hugo Morales in his program inRadio Continental, until he left that place on 2009, 18 February to go toRadio Del Plata.In 2009 he joined the aforementioned TV program6, 7, 8. The program reflects in a critic way the treatment of the information by the mass media and the performance of the various political sectors in the country.
Barone is also currently teaching in theUniversity of Belgrano and previously in theCatholic University of Argentina and in the Graduate School of Journalism ofLa Plata. He is also director of the High Institute of Radiophonic Education.
