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Michele Serra
Michele Serra (born 10 July 1954) is an Italian writer, journalist, and satirist. Biography Serra was born in Rome, but moved to Milan in 1959. In 1975 he started working for ''L'Unità'', then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). Serra is a long-time left-wing supporter, although he abandoned PCI's successor, the Partito Democratico della Sinistra, in 1991, because of dissent against the party's directions. In 1986, he began to write satire for ''L'Unità'' satiric supplement ''Tango'', winning the Satire Prize Forte dei Marmi the same year. In 1987 he also started collaborating for Mondadori's weekly ''Epoca (magazine), Epoca'', but abandoned it in 1990, when the publisher house was acquired by right-winged tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. In 1989, ''Tango'' was replaced by ''Cuore (zine), Cuore'' as ''L'Unitàs satirical supplement, and Serra was appointed by Massimo D'Alema as its director. ''Cuore'' was published weekly independently starting from 1991. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Che Tempo Che Fa
''Che tempo che fa'' (; ) is an Italian television late-night talk show hosted by Fabio Fazio.''Italy: Be Fluent in Italian Life and Culture'', Andrew Whittaker, page 219; Thorogood Publishing, year 2010, seGoogle books/ref> It has been broadcast live on Saturdays and Sundays on the Italian TV since 2003. The show has been aired since 13 September 2003 on Rai 3 up to 4 June 2017. On 24 September 2017 it moved to Rai 1, until 2 June 2019. On 29 September 2019 the show moved to Rai 2, and in September 2020 it went back on Rai 3. ''Che tempo che fa'' is a one-to-one talk show with guests every weekend night. Current events, political, economic, sporting, musical, literary, cinematic, scientific, nature and environmental issues of topical interest are discussed. Fabio Fazio's feature is having friendly conversations rather than formal interviews. During its permanence on Rai 3 its prime-time share was of 15%, with an audience of 3,500,000 people, which raised up to 21% (around 5,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Atheists
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Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. The region of Umbria is bordered by Tuscany, Lazio, and Marche. The history of Perugia goes back to the Etruscan period; Perugia was one of the main Etruscan cities. The city is also known as the University, universities town, with the University of Perugia founded in 1308 (about 34,000 students), the University for Foreigners Perugia, University for Foreigners (5,000 students), and some smaller colleges such as the Academy of Fine Arts "Pietro Vannucci" ( it, Accademia di Belle Arti "Pietro Vannucci") public athenaeum founded in 1573, the Perugia University Institute of Linguistic Mediation for translators and interpreters, the Music Conservatory of Perugia, founded in 1788, and other institutes. Perugia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Journalism Festival
The International Journalism Festival is a journalism event annually held in Perugia, Italy (in central Italy, about 100 miles, or 160 km, north of Rome). The 2020 Festival will be held April 1-5, 2020. The International Journalism Festival attracts journalists and journalism students, as well as scholars and Media agency, Media agencies, who get free access to keynotes, workshops, Panel discussion, panels and discussions on media in society. Since the foundation of the Festival in 2006 by Arianna Ciccone and Christopher Potter, several prizes, including ''A Story Still to Tell Award'' and the ''Paola Biocca International Reportage Award'' have been awarded by students of journalism and media professionals. In 2012 the prize ''A Story Still to Tell Award'' was dedicated to the memory of Mauro Rostagno. One of the journalists who was shot by Sicily, Sicilian Sicilian Mafia, Mafia in 1988. Amongst the speakers that have previously attended the festival are Seymour Hersh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Gramellini
Massimo Gramellini (born 2 October 1960) is an Italian writer and journalist currently working at '' Corriere della Sera''. Life and career He was born in Turin in 1960 to a family from Romagna. At the age of nine he lost his mother, Giuseppina Pastore, to suicide: seriously ill and depressed, she threw herself from a building's fifth floor. Nobody wished to reveal the details to the young Massimo; his father told him that she had died of a sudden heart attack. This episode has made a great impression on him throughout his life. He discovered the truth many years later, in the mid-1990s, reading a 1969 newspaper article. He has published books and articles about Italian society and politics, an almanac about 150 years of the history of Italy (with Carlo Fruttero), and two series of stories about his soccer team Torino F.C. In 2010, he published his first novel, ''L'ultima riga delle favole'' ("The last line of fables"), that sold over 250,000 copies in Italy and was translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Zucconi
Vittorio Guido Zucconi (, August 16, 1944 – May 26, 2019) was an Italian journalist and author. He also had U.S. citizenship. Early years and education Zucconi was born in Bastiglia, Province of Modena, Italy. After completing his secondary school at a Classical college, Zucconi received a degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Milan. Career Zucconi was director of the online edition of the Italian newspaper ''La Repubblica'', and served as the U S. correspondent for the same newspaper. He had previously been a reporter for the Italian daily newspaper ''Corriere della Sera'' from Moscow, and for ''La Stampa'' from Brussels and Tokyo. Zucconi was also known for several appearances on TV shows as an editorialist. Since summer 2007, he had been teaching graduate classes on Italian history and journalism at Middlebury College in Vermont. He received the ''America Award'' of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015. Selected bibliography *''Il Giappone tra noi'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Bisio
Claudio Bisio (; born 19 March 1957) is an Italian actor, presenter, voice actor, comedian, and writer. Early life Bisio was born in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, and raised in Milan, Lombardy. He attended '' scientific lyceum Luigi Cremona'' of Milan and graduated from drama school of Piccolo Teatro of Milan. Career Bisio started his career as theatre actor performing classical and modern drama; he began his movie career in 1983 with ''Come dire...'' (''How to say''). His first major appearance on TV was in 1998 during ''Zanzibar'', an Italian TV show. He has been the presenter of ''Zelig'', an Italian sketch comedy, for 13 years (in 1997 and from 2000 to 2012). In 2009, he played in '' Ex'' and gained a David di Donatello nomination for best supporting actor. In 2010 he was the protagonist of '' Benvenuti al Sud'' (''Welcome to the South'') and ''Maschi contro femmine'' (''Males vs Females'') and in 2011 of ''Benvenuti al Nord'' (''Welcome to the North'') and ''Femmine contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Pivano
Fernanda Pivano (18 July 1917 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic. Early life Pivano was born in Genoa in 1917. When she was a teenager she moved with her family to Turin where she attended the Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum. There she met Cesare Pavese, who introduced her and her classmate Primo Levi to American literature. In 1941 she received a ''laurea'' () with a thesis on Herman Melville's ''Moby-Dick'', which earned her a prize from the Center for American Studies in Rome. Spoon River In 1943 she obtained a second degree in philosophy. In the same year she completed her first translation, the Italian edition of the ''Spoon River Anthology'' by Edgar Lee Masters for Einaudi. Career In 1948, Pivano met Ernest Hemingway. It turned out to be the beginning of an intense professional relationship and friendship that would last until Hemingway's death in 1961. In 1949 Mondadori published her translation of Hemingway's ''A Farewell to Arms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi (), was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio''. Early life Collodi was born in Florence on 24 November 1826. His mother, Angiolina Orzali Lorenzini, was a seamstress from Collodi, the town from which he later took the pen name, and his father, Domenico Lorenzini, was a cook. Both parents worked for the ' Ginori Lisci. Carlo was the eldest child in the family and he had ten siblings but seven died at a young age. He spent most of his childhood in the town of Collodi where his mother was born. He lived there with his maternal grandmother. After attending primary school, he was sent to study at a theological seminary in Colle Val d’Elsa. An account at the seminary shows that the ' had offered financial aid, but the boy found that he did not want to be a priest so he continued his education at the Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
