Launch of «El eco de su voz. Redescubriendo a Renée Lafont»
Journalist Pablo Pérez Espino presents the first biography of the correspondent shot in Córdoba in 1936.
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About the event
Córdoba journalist Pablo Pérez Espino presents «El eco de su voz. Redescubriendo a Renée Lafont» (The echo of her voice. Rediscovering Renée Lafont) on Monday 9 November 2026 at the headquarters of the Fundación para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos de Andalucía (Fudepa), at an event with the historical memory association Aremehisa. It is the first biographical account of the French journalist and translator, the first war correspondent killed in a conflict, shot in Córdoba in 1936.
Key points
- Monday 9 November 2026 (time to be confirmed)
- First biographical account of Renée Lafont
- 472 pages with unpublished documents and testimonies
- 90th anniversary of her murder
Renée Lafont
Renée Lafont (Amiens, 1877 to Córdoba, 1936) was a journalist, writer and the French translator of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. She was covering the Spanish Civil War for «Le Populaire» when she was captured and murdered in Córdoba; her body has been awaiting identification since 2019.
The book
Pablo Pérez Espino reconstructs her life and work in 472 pages with unpublished documents and testimonies. The book comes out on the 90th anniversary of her death and the 20th of Aremehisa. The time of the launch has not been published.
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