''L'Italiano'' was a weekly literary and arts magazine that existed between 1926 and 1942 in Italy. Its full title was ''L'italiano: rivista settimanale della gente fascista''. It is one of the magazines founded and edited by the well-known Italian journalist

Leo Longanesi Leopoldo Longanesi (30 August 1905 27 September 1957) was an Italian journalist, publicist, screenplayer, playwright, writer, and publisher. Longanesi is mostly known in his country for his satirical works on Italian society and people. He also ...

. Its subtitle was ''Foglio della Rivoluzione Fascista'' (Italian: ''Publication of the Fascist Revolution''), and its motto was "Mussolini is always right" which was also adopted and employed by the

Fascist regime Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...

History and profile

''L'Italiano'' was established by Leo Longanesi in

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in 1926. Its first issue appeared on 14 January that year. In the initial period it was published on a biweekly basis, and the first eight issues heavily covered political writings. From 1927 L'Italiano Editore founded by Leo Longanesi became the publisher of ''L'Italiano''. The headquarters of ''L'Italiano'' was moved to

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. It ceased publication at the end of 1942.

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