Excelentísimo Señor Don Antonio Mingote 1st Marquess of Daroca
Mingote in 1981
Born	Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina (1919-01-17)17 January 1919 Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
Died	3 April 2012(2012-04-03) (aged 93) Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)	cartoonist, writer and journalist
Seat r of the Real Academia Española
In office 20 November 1988[a] – 26 December 2020
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Santiago Muñoz Machado

Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquess of Daroca (17 January 1919 – 3 April 2012), also simply known as Mingote, was a Spanish cartoonist, writer and journalist. He drew a daily cartoon in ABC since 1953 until his death in 2012.

Biography

He was born in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.

Honors

On 1 December 2011, Mingote was raised into the Spanish nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the hereditary title of Marquess of Daroca (Spanish: Marqués de Daroca).^[1][2]

Death

He died in Madrid.^[3]

Awards

• 1961 Cruz de Caballero de la Orden de Isabel la Católica
• 1967 Premio Mingote
• 1976 Premio Ondas
• 1979 Premio Juan Palomo, Larra y Víctor de la Serna
• 1980 Premio Nacional de Periodismo
• 1988 Premio iberoamericano de humor gráfico "Quevedos"
• 1988 Medalla de Oro al Mérito Artístico
• 1989 Premio a la Transparencia (ANFEVI)
• 1995 Medalla de Oro del Ayuntamiento de Madrid
• 1996 Medalla de Oro al Mérito en el Trabajo
• 1997 Cruz de plata de la Guardia civil
• 1998 Cartero Honorario de España
• 1999 Pluma de oro de El Club de la Escritura
• 2001 Premio "Personalidad"
• 2002 Premio Luca de Tena
• 2005 Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
• 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• Award Gato Perich
• Gold Medal of Fine Arts

Books

• El conde sisebuto
• Historia de la gente
• Historia de Madrid
• Historia del traje
• Hombre solo
• Hombre atónito
• Historia del mus
• Las palmeras de cartón
• Mi primer Quijote
• Patriotas adosados