Mario Cervi (25 March 1921 – 17 November 2015) was an Italian essayist and journalist. Born in

Crema, Lombardy Crema (; Eastern Lombard, Cremasco: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is built along the river Serio River, Serio at from Cremona. It is also the seat of the Catholic Bishop of C ...

, Cervi started his career as a journalist in 1945 collaborating with the newspaper ''

Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

'' as a foreign reporter. In 1965 he debuted as an essayist with ''Storia della guerra di Grecia'' ("History of the War of Greece"), with references to his experience as an infantry officer in Greece during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. After about thirty years of collaboration, in 1974 he left the ''Corriere della Sera'' to co-found, with

Indro Montanelli Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (; 22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute. A volunte ...

, the newspaper ''

il Giornale ''il Giornale'' ( en, The Newspaper) is an Italian language daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy. History and profile The newspaper was founded in 1974 by the journalist Indro Montanelli, together with the colleagues Enzo Bettiza, Ferenc ...

'', in which he was columnist and then also deputy editor. With Montanelli, Cervi co-wrote 13 volumes of '' Storia d'Italia'' and the historical essay ''Milano ventesimo secolo''. After following Montanelli in the short-lived newspaper '' La Voce'' in 1994, Cervi collaborated with the newspaper ''

La Nazione ''La Nazione'' is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy, and was established on 8 July 1859. The paper is based in Florence. History and profile ''La Nazione'' was founded by Bettino Ricasoli, interim head of the Tuscan government. Th ...

'' and in 1997 he became editor in chief of ''

'', succeeding to

Vittorio Feltri Vittorio Feltri ( Bergamo, born 25 June 1943) is an Italian journalist and editor in chief of daily ''Libero''. Biography Feltri was born in Bergamo, Italy. He graduated with a degree in Political Science and then started his career as journa ...

. He left the direction of the newspaper in 2001, still continuing to collaborate as a columnist. He also continued his activity as an essayist, and his last work was the book ''Sprecopoli'', he co-wrote with Nicola Porro in 2007.

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Articles written on ''il Giornale''
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