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Enzo Biagi

エンツォ・ビアージ

Enzo Biagi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-08-09 (Lizzano in Belvedere, Kingdom of Italy)
Died
2007-11-06 (Milan, Italy) age 87
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian

Career

Occupations
journalist, writer, television presenter
Active Years
1937-2007

Awards

Riccione Prize
1953
Work: Giulia viene da lontano
Result: 受賞
Premio Bancarella
1971
Work: Testimone del tempo
Result: 受賞
Saint-Vincent Prize for Journalism
1979
Result: 受賞
Gold Medal of Civic Merit (Municipality of Milan)
1979
Organization: Municipality of Milan
Result: 授与
Premio Bancarella
1987
Work: Il boss è solo
Result: 受賞
Honorary President of the Jury, "È giornalismo" Prize
1993
Result: 選出
Honorary Citizenship of Fucecchio
2003
Organization: Municipality of Fucecchio
Result: 授与
Award for "Il Fatto" as best journalistic program of the first fifty years of RAI
2004
Work: Il Fatto
Organization: RAI
Result: 受賞
Ilaria Alpi Television Journalism Career Award
2005
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Giulia viene da lontano

1953 non-fiction, journalism

A collection of early essays and reportage; winner of the Riccione Prize.

journalismhuman observation

Testimone del tempo

1971 memoir, essays

Reflections on society and history from the perspective of a witness; winner of the Premio Bancarella.

historysociety

Il boss è solo

1987 non-fiction, true crime reportage

Interviews with former Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta; an inside look at organized crime.

crimejudiciarysocial issues

Bibliography

  • Giulia viene da lontano
  • Testimone del tempo
  • Il boss è solo
  • (approximately eighty books authored)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, fact-based proseinterview- and dialogue-centered structureaccessible style for general readership
Recurring Motifs
politics and powertestimony of historyconcern for civil society

Legacy

Enzo Biagi was a leading Italian journalist and writer whose roughly eighty books and long career in television and newspapers had a significant impact on Italian reporting and public debate. He remained influential until late in life, notable for clashes with political power (the so-called "Bulgarian Edict" affair) and his later return to television.

Quotes

  • Good evening, sorry if I am a bit emotional, maybe it is visible. There has been a technical problem, and the break has lasted five years.
    Source: RT - Rotocalco Televisivo (opening remark upon TV comeback, 22 April 2007) (2007)

Trivia

  • Authored approximately eighty books.
  • Columnist for Corriere della Sera from the early 1970s.
  • Disappeared from TV after the 2001 'Bulgarian Edict' affair but returned in 2007.
  • Had a long active career spanning from the 1930s to the 2000s.