editor

7May

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Gulshan Ewing, iconic editor

Gulshan Ewing's daughter says Gregory Peck was her favourite Hollywood star- BBC & Anjali Gulshan Ewing, a pioneering Indian journalist who mingled with some of the world's most famous celebrities, died on April 18, 2020, after suffering from Covid-19 at a home for the elderly in London. Gulshan Ewing was 92 when she died in residential care in Richmond, BBC quoted her daughter Anjali Ewing as saying. "I was right by her side when she stopped breathing." Despite her age, her mother had no pre-existing conditions, she says. Ewing, who edited two of India's most popular publications - women's magazine Eve's Weekly and film magazine Star & Style - from 1966 to 1989 was a celebrated editor, and a celebrity in her own right. In his book India: A million mutinies now, Nob...

Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...

Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...