Vittorio Guido Zucconi (, August 16, 1944 – May 26, 2019) was an Italian

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and author. He also had

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Early years and education

Zucconi was born in Bastiglia,

Province of Modena The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''co ...

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. After completing his secondary school at a Classical college, Zucconi received a degree in literature and philosophy from the

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Career

Zucconi was director of the online edition of the Italian newspaper ''

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'', and served as the U S.

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for the same newspaper. He had previously been a reporter for the Italian daily 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 ...

'' from Moscow, and for ''

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'' from Brussels and Tokyo. Zucconi was also known for several appearances on TV shows as an editorialist. Since summer 2007, he had been teaching graduate classes on Italian history and journalism at

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in Vermont. He received the ''America Award'' of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015.

Selected bibliography

*''Il Giappone tra noi'' (1986) *''Si fa presto a dire America'' (1988) *''Parola di giornalista'' (1990) *''Si fa presto a dire Russia'' (1992) *''Stranieri come noi'' (1993) *''Gli spiriti non dimenticano: il mistero di Cavallo Pazzo e la tragedia dei Sioux'' (1996) *''Storie dell'altro mondo: la faccia nascosta dell'America'' (1997) *''Il calcio in testa'' (2003) *''George. Vita e miracoli di un uomo fortunato'' (2004)

Personal life

Zucconi was married and had two children. He died in May 2019, after a long illness.È morto Vittorio Zucconi, l'uomo che viveva il giornalismo. Repubblica in lutto

Gallery

Image:Massimo Gramellini, Michele Serra e Vittorio Zucconi.jpg, Left:

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, Vittorio Zucconi and Massimo Gramellini at the

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, 2010

References

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