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Marina de Navasal

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Marina de Navasal
Born
Marina Kunstmann Oettinger

(1922-05-11)11 May 1922
Valdivia, Chile
Died25 January 2016(2016-01-25) (aged 93)
Machalí, Chile
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter, radio announcer
Employers
SpouseJosé María Navasal [es]
ChildrenJoaquín, Ximena
Awards

Marina Kunstmann Oettinger (11 May 1922 – 25 January 2016), better known as Marina de Navasal, was a Chilean journalist, television presenter, and radio announcer of German descent.[1]

Biography

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Marina Kunstmann Oettinger was the fourth daughter of Arturo Kunstmann Gerkens and Inés Oettinger. After marrying Spanish journalist José María Navasal [es], she began to sign with his surname. The couple had two children, Joaquín and Ximena, who both became journalists.[2]

Marina de Navasal began her journalism career in 1945, at the newspaper Las Últimas Noticias, and later at El Mercurio de Santiago. She was also a columnist for the newspapers El Mercurio de Valparaíso[3] and El Rancagüino.[4] In 1955 she founded the news service Agencia Informativa Orbe [es], together with Alfredo Valdés Loma, Andrés Aburto, and her husband.[2] She was a columnist for the magazines Ecran [es] (of which she was director from 1960 to 1964)[5] and TV Guía [es].[6]

On television, she was a panelist for the Canal 13 program Almorzando en el Trece [es] (1974–2000) and announcer for Radio Prat, both together with her husband José María.[7] On 29 July 1981 the Navasal/Kunstmann team provided live commentary for the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer for Canal 13.[8]

In 1985 she won the Lenka Franulic Award, and in 1995 she and her husband received the Orbe Award.[3]

Marina de Navasal was widowed in 1999, and died on 25 January 2016, at her home in Machalí.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "A los 93 años fallece la periodista Marina de Navasal" [Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies at Age 93]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "In Memoriam". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "A los 93 años fallece la periodista Marina de Navasal" [Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies at Age 93]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ Sepulveda, Alejandra (25 January 2016). "Falleció destacada periodista nacional Marina de Navasal" [Distinguished National Journalist Marina de Navasal Dies]. El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Ecran (1930–1969)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ de Navasal, Marina (1965). "La dobe vida de Amalia" [The Double Life of Amalia] (PDF). TV Guía (in Spanish). No. 7. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Memoria Chilena.
  7. ^ Torres, Carlos Jorge (1 August 2005). "Radios 'Siam' – 'Prat'". Discoteca Otoñal (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Transmisiones especiales" [Special Transmissions]. nuestro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.