Juliana Panizo Rodríguez (15 January 1947 – 24 October 2024) was a Spanish academic who was a researcher at the University of Valladolid between 1985 and 2003.
[2] Juliana Panizo Rodríguez was born on 15 January 1947 in Barcial de la Loma (Valladolid).
Although she had already carried out some popular work, her contact with Joaquin Diaz González, with whom she had a strong friendship, led her to publish numerous articles in the Revista de Folklore [es] from 1983 onwards, which have been basic for subsequent studies by other scholars of popular culture.
She retired early in 2005 and lived for a few years in her home town of Barcial de la Loma, where she continued his research and dissemination of Castilian folklore and culture by publishing articles in regional media.
From 2012 until her death she lived in a residence in Valladolid where she used her experience as a teacher and expert in literature and popular culture to help with various charitable and motivational tasks for people with disabilities.