Petra Reski (born 1958, in

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) is a German journalist and author renowned for her anti- Mafia publications.

Biography

Petra Reski's father came from

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and her mother from

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. She grew up in the Ruhr Valley. After her studies of romance languages, literature and social sciences in the

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, in Münster and Paris she attended the Henri Nannen Schule (named in honour of

Henri Nannen Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in Emden – 13 October 1996 in Hanover) was a German journalist and art collector. He became one of the most prominent journalists and magazine publishers in Germany. His father was a police officer in Emden wh ...

). She began working in 1988 as an editor on the foreign desk of

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. She has also worked for other German-speaking magazines and written several books. She has received numerous prizes for her literary and journalistic work. In the mass media she is best known for her anti-mafia essays. Reski has lived in Italy since 1989 and speaks Italian fluently. One of her best friends is the American author Donna Leon in Venice. Leon is quoted on the cover of Reski's book ''Mafia. A Tale of Godfathers, Pizzerias and Fake Priests'' as saying: ''Everything I know about the Mafia, I am indebted to Petra Reski.''

External links

Petra Reski's official site
(German, Italian)
Reporters of Legality
Flare Network, September 018, 2009

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