Irene Bluthenthal Geis (born 6 February 1938) is a Chilean journalist, writer, editor, and former television presenter, best known for hosting the program Emisión Cero on Canal 9 during the 1960s,[2] and Contrapunto and Aire Libre in the early 1970s on the same channel.
[3] The daughter of German-Jewish parents, Geis was born in Germany and emigrated to Chile with her family in 1939.
[7] While working as editor there, she contributed to the magazines 7 Días – between 26 March 1965 and 9 January 1967[8] – and Pluma y Pincel, in addition to being director of Fortín Mapocho.
[5] In the literary field, Geis's first work was published in 1984 under the title Exiliario, a book compiling 11 of her short stories.
[1] In the area of teaching, Geis was a professor and director of the journalism school at the University of Concepción in the early 1970s.