Nativel Preciado

Natividad Isabel Preciado González (born 1 November 1948), known as Nativel Preciado, is a Spanish journalist and writer.

Biography Nativel Preciado began her professional career at the Arriba (the official newspaper of Francoist Spain) in 1966, then moved to the now-defunct newspaper , where she remained from 1967 to 1971. From 1974 to 1976 she was one of the contributors of Doblón magazine.

Specializing in political news, she was a witness and reporter of the important events that took place during the Transition period for the newspaper ABC and the magazines Interviú and Vindicación Feminista. In 1982 she joined the editorial staff of the newly created Tiempo magazine.

Her activity as an opinion columnist in the written press has been combined with participation in discussions and debates both on radio and television. In the former medium, after collaborating with on the Onda Cero program , she joined Cadena SER in 1996, and from then until mid-2011 she was one of the regular tertulianas on the programs Hoy por hoy, , and .

In television, Preciado has appeared on (1994–1996), (1996–1997), (1999–2003) with Isabel San Sebastián, (2003–2004), (2004–2005) all on Antena 3, as well as (2004–2012) on TVE.

Since the late 1960s she has worked in the genre of biography and has written, among others, those of the boxers Muhammad Ali and José Legrá. In 2012 she presented a new book about her contact and experience with new technologies, and more specifically with Twitter. She also reflects on the passage of time. It is titled Si yo tuviera 100.000 seguidores (If I Had 100,000 Followers).

Currently, she participates as an analyst on Los Desayunos de TVE (2008–present), , (2011–present), and (2013–present) on laSexta. She is part of the writing team for the news magazine Tiempo de Hoy.

Awards (1986) (1988) Finalist for the Premio Planeta de Novela (1999), for her first novel El egoísta (2007), for Camino de hierro Fernando Lara Novel Award (2014), for Canta sólo para mí

Books Biografía completa de Cassius Clay, 1969 Biografía completa de Legrá, 1969 Las folclóricas, 1973 La cara de los Borbones, 1975 Fuera de campo, 1991. El sentir de las mujeres, 1996 Amigos íntimos, 1998 El egoísta, 1999 Ser feliz, 2000 Extrañas parejas, 2000 Hablemos de la vida, with , 2002 Bodas de plata, 2003. Camino de hierro, 2006 (previously titled Olvida el Paraíso) Llegó el tiempo de las cerezas, 2008 Nadie pudo con ellos, 2011 Si yo tuviera 100.000 seguidores, 2012 Canta solo para mí, 2014