Víctor Márquez Reviriego
He was born in Huelva in 1936, at the former clinic of Dr. José Población, and is a native of Villanueva de los Castillejos. He completed his high school studies in El Almendro, taking exams as an independent student at La Rábida Institute, and pursued higher education at Santo Tomás de Aquino College in Seville. He earned a degree in Political Science from the Central University of Madrid in 1962, where he had professors such as Luis Díez del Corral, Enrique Gómez Arboleya, José Antonio Maravall, Antonio Truyol, José Luis Sampedro, Rodrigo Uría, Paulino Garragorri, and Manuel Fraga, among others. Through some of these professors, he connects with the best of the Spanish liberal tradition represented by Ortega y Gasset. During these years, he inherited an appreciation for historical knowledge, familiarity with the classics, and a love for biography.
He graduated from the Official School of Journalism in Madrid in 1966.
Dedicated professionally to journalism since 1962, he worked for nine months at the Odiel newspaper in Huelva. During this time, he was in charge of the Sunday pages "Tertulia de Odiel," one of the pioneering cultural supplements in the Spanish press. Parallel to these pages, the Santa Fe Group and the oral magazine Sorpresa were born, of decisive importance in the cultural history of Huelva in the 1960s, promoting the emergence of young talents from Huelva such as Seisdedos, Manuel Crespo, Paco Pérez, Tomás García Asencio, José María Vaz de Soto, José Antonio Gómez Marín, Manuel Pizán, Manolo Garrido, José Luis Gómez, or Jesús Quintero...
He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Triunfo magazine and Deputy Director of Cambio 16. He has collaborated with the most important national newspapers and magazines such as ABC—where he has published more than 1500 articles—El País, Diario16, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Nuevo Índice, Hermano Lobo, La Codorniz, Tiempo, Tribuna, Época, La Clave, Leer, as well as on television and radio (TVE, Antena 3, COPE, RNE...).
Continuing and renewing the great tradition of parliamentary journalism (Azorín, Fernández Flórez...), he is considered the parliamentary chronicler of the transition. His articles stand out for their subtle irony, well-established historical and literary knowledge, and a very personal, authentic style with great literary effectiveness.
A master of the interview and creator of a new genre, the "authentic fake interview," widely acclaimed by critics and readers.
He is the author of more than a dozen books (Where Andalusia Ends, The Canovist Temptation, The Consensual Sin, Penitential Seats, Spanish Dialogues, Parliamentary Notes, The Andalusian Landing, A World That Is Leaving, Andalusian Presences, Personal History of Seville, Authentic Fake Interviews...).
Huelva and Andalusia are very present in his articles and books, acting as authentic guiding threads in many of them. This interest in our land is also reflected in the publications where he has held positions of responsibility, especially in Triunfo, where he regularly reported on Andalusian reality.
He has received awards and distinctions such as the National Journalism Prize (1983), Spain's Mirror Prize (1990), César González Ruano Prize (1996), the Medals of Andalusia (1990), Huelva (2003), and Villanueva de los Castillejos (2022), as well as an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Huelva (2008).
