Roberto Gervaso (9 July 1937 – 2 June 2020) was an Italian writer and journalist. He won the

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twice: for ''L'Italia dei Comuni'' in 1967, and for ''Cagliostro'' in 1973. Gervaso was born in

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where he grew up. He started working as an editor and staff writer at '' Corriere della Sera'' in 1960. He subsequently moved to Rome where he became a freelance journalist and columnist, contributing to ''

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'', '' Il Messaggero'' and ''

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''. In the late 1960s Gervaso co-authored with his mentor and former editor at ''Corriere'',

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, six of the nine volumes of '' Storia d'Italia''. In the mid-1970s he worked as a broadcaster and television presenter at

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and Canale 5.

Selected works

*''Italy in the Golden Centuries'' (with Indro Montanelli),

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, 1967 *''Cagliostro: A Biography'',

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, 1974 *''Claretta: The Woman Who Died for Mussolini'', Summerstown Books, London, 2002

References

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