Name Jose Gurriaran | Role Journalist | |
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Jos antonio gurriar n periodista y director de contrapunto
José Antonio Gurriarán (born 1939) is a Spanish journalist and assistant director of the "Pueblo" newspaper.
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- Jos antonio gurriar n periodista y director de contrapunto
- Jos antonio gurriar n en el foro la regi n de o barco
- La bomba
- Books
- References
Being accidentally injured during an Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) attack in Madrid, on December 29, 1980, he was interested what the group's purposes were and he found and interviewed ASALA members.
In 1982, his "La Bomba" book was published, supporting the Armenian cause. The book reissued several times also in English translation.
Jos antonio gurriar n en el foro la regi n de o barco
La bomba
On December 30, 1980, José Antonio left the building of the newspaper "The People" (Pueblo) and entered a telephone booth to talk to his wife. The plan was to go to see a movie by Woody Allen and then to have a dinner at a restaurant. It was the end of the year. When José Antonio put down the headset, two bombs exploded in the nearby headquarters of airlines Swissair and TWA. Nobody died, but José Antonio was among the 9 injured.
As soon as he was released from the hospital, José Antonio wanted to know who made that attack. Still in the hospital, where he struggled to save both his legs, he started to read books and materials about the case and the history of the Armenians.
Combining therapy recovery with the detailed study of a nation, in 1982, he found and met the leaders of ASALA in Lebanon. Militants covered their faces with balaclavas and never left the Kalashnikov throughout the day. The Spanish journalist, who relied on his cane, gave a book by Martin Luther King, as a gift, to the leader of the Armenian group, to think about the path they have chosen.
Soon after the incident, "La Bomba" was released; it relayed the personal experience of a Spanish journalist and the tragic story of survival of a whole nation.