Jorge FERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ

On 13 April 2024, President Javier Milei publicly insulted the novelist and journalist Jorge Fernández Díaz, and discredited his work as a columnist. The author and journalist had published several opinion pieces criticising the President, who responded by insulting Fernández Díaz, creating a hostile environment for free expression in the country. Many authors condemned the criticism. 

Well known writer Jorge Fernández Díaz was born in Buenos Aires on 8 July 1960. He is the author of more than 15 books, including novels, investigative journalism, short stories and essays including: Cora (Planeta, 2024), La traición (The Betrayal), (Planeta, 2020) and La herida (The Wound), (Planeta 2014). He is the winner of multiple awards, such as two Platinum Konex Awards, the Martin Fierro Award, the Silver Laurel for Personality of the Year, the Argentores Award for screenwriting, the Bicentennial Medal as an award for his journalistic and literary work, and the Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic, in recognition of his contributions to culture.