Enzo Forcella (15 May 1921 – 9 February 1999) was an Italian essayist, historian and journalist.

Biography

Born in

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, orphan of war, Forcella graduated at the Vittorio Emanuele II National Boarding School in Rome benefiting from a free post provided for deserving students.Ugo Genovese (13 February 1999)
"Ricordo Enzo Forcella: uno studente povero, un esempio di dignità"
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Forcella joined the Action Party and he started his career as a journalist in the newspaper ''Italia socialista''. From 1950 to 1959 he was the Rome correspondent for the newspaper ''

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'', and later he collaborated with several publications, including the magazine '' Il Mondo'' and the newspapers '' Il Giorno'' and ''

La Repubblica ''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...

''. Since its first experimental broadcasts until 1976, he was also a longtime collaborator of

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, and he was director of Radio Tre between 1976 and 1985. Also active as an essayist and an historian, in 1975 Forcella won the

Bagutta Prize The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary prize that is awarded annually to Italian writers. The prize originated among patrons of Milan's ''Bagutta Ristorante''. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli discovered the restaurant and soon he regularly gathere ...

for his book ''Celebrazione di un trentennio''. He also was scriptwriter of

Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film ''The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to ha ...

's award-winning film ''

Hands over the City ''Hands over the City'' ( it, Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy. Plot A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoar ...

''. From 1985 to 1992, Forcella was a member of the municipal council of Rome, and between 1989 and 1992 he served as deputy mayor and councilor for transparency in the Carraro council.

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* 1921 births 1999 deaths Writers from Rome Italian essayists Male essayists 20th-century Italian historians Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian writers Rai (broadcaster) people 20th-century essayists 20th-century Italian journalists Italian male non-fiction writers 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-writer-stub