Idania Martínez Grandales

Idania Martínez Grandales^[1] (born in Havana on 6 February 1965) is a Cuban broadcaster, journalist and academic, and professor of voice-over at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana.

Idania Martínez
Born	Martínez Grandales, Idania (1965-02-06)February 6, 1965 Havana, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban
Occupation(s)	Television presenter Radio broadcaster Journalist Professor
Years active	1991–

Biography

In June 1988, Martínez Grandales graduated with a gold degree in education, specializing in Spanish literature, from Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences.^{[citation needed]} She enrolled in a course for training of speakers and was taught by Nelson Moreno de Ayala (1930-2014) and Orestes Martel (1949-).^[2][3]

As an undergraduate, she was placed in the rural municipality of Melena del Sur, Cuba, where she completed three years of Social Service.^[3] When she finished, she started working at Radio Cadena Habana on a program called La hora del estudiante (The Student’s Hour).^[3]

Career in radio

Martínez Grandales has worked as a broadcaster since 1991. She began her career on Radio Cadena Habana with the programme "La hora del estudiante." Subsequently, she worked as a live voice-over artist. From October 9, 1995 to December 31, 2005, she was the main announcer of Radio Reloj, where she hosted the news magazine "Impactos" on Radio Coco, the provincial news programme "En síntesis" on Radio Cadena Habana, the news programme "De buena tinta" on Radio Metropolitana and the news magazine "Despertar con Cuba" on Radio Habana Cuba. She also hosted the news magazine "Habana 19".^[4]

At Radio Rebelde, Martínez Grandales hosted the national radio news programme "Noticiero Nacional de Radio", the programme "Estaciones, Portada Rebelde," and since 2010 she has been the host of the news magazine "Haciendo radio."^[5][6][7]

Career in television

Martínez Grandales has made frequent voice-over recordings for the Publicimer company and for the film section of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. She has also worked as a narrator in television dubbing. She has voiced television commercials, documentaries and comedy shows.

Awards and distinctions

• 2012 (22 August): 90th Anniversary Seal of Cuban Radio.
• 2015: Popularity Award for the programme Entre tú y yo.
• 2015: Enrique Almirante Award
• 2015: Award in Poetry at the Tenth National Festival of Young Creators of Radio Antonio Lloga in Memoriam.
• 2016: Popularity Award for the programme Entre tú y yo.
• 2016: 65th Anniversary Seal of Cuban Television.
• 2016: Caricato Award, from the UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba).
• 2017 (22 August): 90th Anniversary Stamp of Cuban Radio
• 2017: Popularity Award for the programme Entre tú y yo.
• 2018: Doctor honoris causaof the Florida Global University (in Mexico City).^[8]
• 2018: Best Screenplay Award at the Antonio Lloga In Memoriam Festival (Havana).
• 2019: Doctor honoris causa of the Universidad Inteligente de México (in Toluca de Lerdo).
• Raúl Gómez García Medal^[3]
• 2019: Prize in the Literary Competition of the Francisco Manzano Poetry Biennial (Regla).

In 2019 she was a delegate to the 9th Congress of the UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba), held at the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana.^[9]

She was also a member of the jury for the 2019 UNEAC Caracol Prize.

• Member of the UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba).
• Member of the Agency of Artistic Representations Caricatos.
• Member of the Cátedra Nacional de Locución de Cuba (National Speech Chair of Cuba).
• Member of the National Evaluation Tribunal of Cuban Radio Broadcasters.

References

1. «Quién es Idania Martínez Grandales», Spanish article published December 24, 2021, on the website Digital FDX
2. Villanueva Pérez, Niury (2009): “Morir por el periodismo”, Spanish article published 21 February 2009 at El Blog de Niury (Wordpress).
3. Venero, Mayán (2019): “Idania Martínez Grandales: ‘Estoy en contra de la banalidad’”, Spanish article published 11 June 2019 at En Vivo ICRT (Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión) website.
4. “Días de radio”, Spanish article published on Radio Habana Cuba website (Havana).
5. Hernández Gómez, Yira (2019): "“Por los caminos del arte," excelente opción para refrescar la tarde” "(Along the Paths of Art," an excellent option to refresh the afternoon), article published on August 19, 2019 on the website of the newspaper "La Jiribilla" (Havana).
6. Couse Rodríguez, Dr. Avelino Víctor (2021): (Cuban Culture Day: "Doing Radio)," article published on October 20, 2021 on the website Radio Cubana (La Habana)
7. "Locutoras de Radio Rebelde en el programa televisivo "Al mediodía"" (Radio Rebelde announcers on the TV program "At Noon)", 4:37 minute video, posted on the Aquí Rebelde (Radio Rebelde) page on Facebook website. At minute 2:13 Idania Martínez answers questions from the host.
8. Silva Gonzalez Gabdiel 2020 «Recibe Guillermo Pavón doctorado Honoris Causa de Universidad Mexicana» Website of ICRT january 30 of 2020
9. Hernández Torres, Saylín (2019): “Comienza hoy edición 41 del Premio Caracol de la UNEAC” (41st edition of Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba’s Caracol Award begins today) article published on November 13, 2019 on the website of the ACN (Agencia Cubana de Noticias), of Havana.