Paolo Mosca (20 October 1943 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian journalist, writer, singer and television presenter.
Born in
Pallanza, Mosca graduated in
political science
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, and he attended the drama school of the
Piccolo Teatro in
Milan
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.
He later started a career as a singer, and in 1964 he won the "B" section of
Cantagiro with the song "La voglia dell'estate".
In later years he dedicated himself to writing and journalism, and was director of magazines and newspapers, notably ''
La Domenica del Corriere''.
Mosca was also a playwright, and a television author and host, better known for the
RAI late night show ''Il cappello sulle ventitré''.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .] He was the brother of the sport journalist
Maurizio Mosca
Maurizio Mosca (Rome, 24 June 1940 – Pavia, 3 April 2010) was an Italian sports journalist and TV presenter.
Career
In print
Son of the humorist, journalist and writer Giovanni Mosca, and brother of Antonello, Benedetto and the writer Pa ...
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References
External links
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Paolo Moscaat
Discogs
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1943 births
2014 deaths
People from Pallanza
20th-century Italian male writers
21st-century Italian male writers
Italian pop singers
Italian television journalists
Italian television writers
Italian television presenters
20th-century Italian male singers
Italian male non-fiction writers
Male television writers