Gianni Riotta (born 1954 in

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, Italy) is an Italian journalist, a regular contributor for the daily newspaper

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and a former

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of the financial newspaper ''

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'',

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and the news bulletin

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. He has contributed to the ''

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'', and the ''

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''. Riotta also has

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. Riotta sits on the Advisory Council of the Department of French and Italian at

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.Advisory Council
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. He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2013. Riotta is a member of the

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Bibliography

*''NY'', on the

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. *''Global War'', essays on the

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*''Prince of the Clouds'' (short-listed for the Prix Médicis)

References

External links

The Coming Identity War

SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
Books by Gianni Riotta
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