Alberto Ongaro (22 August 1925 – 23 March 2018), also known by his pseudonym Alfredo Nogara, was an Italian journalist, writer and comics writer.
Biography
Born in
Venice
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,
Italy
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, he lived for a long time in
South America
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and
England
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, before returning to Venice in 1979.
A friend and collaborator of
Hugo Pratt, he also worked for ''
Il Corriere dei Piccoli''. As a journalist, he was a foreign correspondent of ''
L'Europeo
''L'Europeo'' was a prominent Italian weekly news magazine launched on 4 November 1945, by the founder-editors Gianni Mazzocchi and Arrigo Benedetti. '', and he also wrote historical and adventure books, including ''La taverna del doge Loredan'' (1980), ''La partita'' (1986) and ''Il ponte della solita ora'' (2006). Ongaro died in Venice on 23 March 2018, aged 92.
References
External links
Online biographyInterview with Alberto Ongaro
1925 births
2018 deaths
Writers from Venice
Italian male writers
Italian comics writers
Italian journalists
Italian male journalists
Premio Campiello winners
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