Antonio Franco Estadella was born on 17 January 1947 in
Barcelona, (his grandfather was Mayor of Lleida and member of Joventut Republicana). After dropping out of a degree in economics, he earned a degree as journalist at the Escuela de Periodismo de la Iglesia in 1968. helping to launch the Catalan-language edition. He returned to the helm of
El Periódico in 1988, retiring in 2006. Franco used to define himself as a left-wing person, and, in 2014, he embraced
Guanyem Barcelona, which he described as "that necessary political and social force capable of transforming reality, from the left". He died from cancer on 25 September 2021, in Barcelona. == Awards ==