The world of literature and television is in mourning. The writer Fernando Sánchez Dragó dies at the age of 86 after a cardiac arrest. The author of ‘Gargoris and Habidis. A magical history of Spain’ left great moments to remember. His beginnings on television began in the late 1970s and early 1980s with RTVE with ‘Encuentros con las letras’ and ‘Biblioteca nacional’. At the end of the 80s he participated in other spaces such as ‘La noche’ and ‘El mundo por montera’ where he won an Ondas award.
In the 90’s his art was further consolidated on the small screen presenting programs related to literature. ‘Black on white’ came to have 7 seasons on La 2. Its broadcast was on the air from 1997 to 2004 where it obtained another recognition, the National Prize for the Promotion of Reading. In this same decade he was also awarded the Planet Award thanks to his novel ‘The Maze Test’.
After finishing ‘Black on white’, the man from Madrid went to Channel 9 in 2002 to host ‘El faro de Alejandría’. Just two years later he decides to settle in telemadrid to drive ‘Black on white’, and ‘The white nights’. The writer, during the 2000s, was in charge of ‘Diario de la noche’, the early morning news program on the Madrid channel.
His appearance on radio and television programs has been very frequent, even participating in debates on programs such as ‘Cuarto Milenio’ or on COPE with Carlos Herrera. the famous literary has been on the lips of many in recent years for acknowledging his sympathy for the political party VOX. Currently, specifically at the end of March and beginning of April, she intervened again in ‘Espejo Público’, an Antena 3 program, to talk about parenthood later in lifea.
The writer’s departure leaves a void in the world of literature but also in that of television where, thanks to his culture, he encouraged reading, making it an art.
