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D'Agata
D'Agata is a family name of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Antoine D'Agata, French photographer and film director * Antonino D'Agata, Italian politician * Charlie D'Agata, American reporter * Giuseppe D'Agata, Italian writer * John D'Agata, American essayist * Mario D'Agata Mario D'Agata (29 May 1926 – 4 April 2009) was an Italian professional boxer, who was the first, and so far only, deaf world champion in boxing. He was a lineal, European, and Italian bantamweight champion. Early life D'Agata was born on 29 ..., Italian boxer See also * Agata (surname) {{surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario D'Agata
Mario D'Agata (29 May 1926 – 4 April 2009) was an Italian professional boxer, who was the first, and so far only, deaf world champion in boxing. He was a lineal, European, and Italian bantamweight champion. Early life D'Agata was born on 29 May 1926, in Arezzo, Italy. He had a tough childhood as a consequence of his disabilities, the victim of taunting from fellow school children. Feeling the need to prove himself equal, he resorted to street fighting as a way to demonstrate his equality. D'Agata was one of three children (out of seven) to be born deaf in his family. His parents moved him from Tuscany to Rome at an early age, hoping to find doctors who would cure him. One afternoon he noticed a poster of a boxer adorning the door to a boxing gym. Upon entering he was enamored with how the boxers practiced their fighting in a polished, stylized way. D'Agata was drawn into boxing from that moment on. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, however, D'Agata had to wait un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D'Agata
John D’Agata (born 1975) is an American essayist. He is the author or editor of six books of nonfiction, including ''The Next American Essay'' (2003), ''The Lost Origins of the Essay'' (2009) and ''The Making of the American Essay''—all part of the trilogy of essay anthologies called "A New History of the Essay." He also wrote ''The Lifespan of a Fact'', "Halls of Fame," and "About a Mountain." D'Agata has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Howard Foundation and the Lannan Foundation. He is the M.F. Carpenter Professor of Writing in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Personal life After growing up in Boston and on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, D’Agata attended the liberal preparatory school Northfield Mount Hermon on a scholarship. He graduated from Hobart College with a bachelor's degree in classics and English literature. In 1998 D’Agata moved to Iowa City, where he went on to complete hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine D'Agata
Antoine d'Agata (; born 1961) is a French photographer and film director. His work deals with topics that are often considered taboo, such as addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, and prostitution. D'Agata is a full member of Magnum Photos. In 2001 he won the Niépce Prize for young photographers. Life and work D'Agata was born in Marseille in 1961. He left France in 1983 to start a series of travels. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1990, under the tutelage of Larry Clark and Nan Goldin. D'Agata's work deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo. He often uses his own life experiences as source material. "My intimacy is linked so much to my work, and my work depends so much on my intimate experiences of the world. It's all intermingled." D'Agata has been a full member of Magnum Photos since 2008. He has published more than a dozen books and three f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie D'Agata
Charlie D'Agata is a CBS News senior foreign reporter based in their London Bureau since 2011. Biography Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, D’Agata graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in journalism. D'Agata began his career in 1992 in London as an Assignment Editor for ABC News. He was a correspondent for APTN in London until 2002, when he joined CBS News, first as chief overseas correspondent for CBS Radio, then as London correspondent for CBS Newspath. Honors He won the Overseas Press Club Award in 2013. His work has helped CBS News win a number of Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting from Cairo helped CBS News win the 2017 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award and the Sigma Delta Chi award. Controversies On February 26, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, D'Agata was criticized by multiple media outlets when he described this conflict as being different, as it involved "civilized" people, unlike Iraq or Afghanistan Afghanistan, offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonino D'Agata
Antonino D'Agata (23 February 1882 in Avola – 26 February 1947) was an Italian politician. He represented the Italian Communist Party in the Constituent Assembly of Italy The Italian Constituent Assembly (Italian: ''Assemblea Costituente della Repubblica Italiana'') was a parliamentary chamber which existed in Italy from 25 June 1946 until 31 January 1948. It was tasked with writing a constitution for the Italian ... from 1946 to 1947. References 1882 births 1947 deaths People from Avola [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe D'Agata
Giuseppe D'Agata (11 January 1927 – 29 March 2011) was an Italian author, screenwriter and television writer. Life and career Born in Bologna, the son of a typographer, at 17 years old D'Agata became a militant in the partisan brigade "Matteotti Sap" and then in 1944 he enrolled the Socialist Party and later the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity. He wrote several novels based on his own experiences as a partisan, and some of his novels such as ''L' esercito di Scipione'' and ''Il medico della mutua'' were adapted into films. He was also active as a screenwriter and a television writer, often collaborating with Andrea Camilleri Andrea Calogero Camilleri (; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer. Biography Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti, Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Palermo, b .... His last work was the novel ''Pippo per gli amici'', released in 2007. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agata (surname)
Agata (written: , or in hiragana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese guitarist *, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor See also * D'Agata * Agate (name) Agate is a given name or surname shared by several notable people, including: Surname * Alfred Thomas Agate (1812–1846), American painter and miniaturist * Frederick Styles Agate (1803–1844), American painter * James Agate (1877– ... {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |