Enzo Biagi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso ˈbjaË dÊ'i]; 9 August
1920 â€" 6 November 2007) was an Italian journalist, writer and former
partisan.Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career
as a journalist in Bologna. In 1952, he worked on the screenplay of
the historical film Red Shirts. In 1953, he became the editor-in-chief
of Epoca magazine.Active in journalism for six decades and author of
some eighty books, Biagi won numerous awards, among which were the
1979 Saint Vincent prize and the 1985 Ischia International Journalism
Award. In 1987, he won the Premio Bancarella for his book Il boss è
solo, interviewing former Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, who
had turned pentito (state witness). He worked on the Italian national
TV channel Rai Uno until 2001.On 9 May 2001, just two days before the
general elections in Italy, during his daily prime time 10-minute TV
show Il Fatto, broadcast on Rai Uno, Biagi interviewed the popular
actor and director Roberto Benigni, who gave a hilarious talk about
Silvio Berlusconi declaring his preference for the other candidate,
Francesco Rutelli from the Olive Tree coalition.
1920 â€" 6 November 2007) was an Italian journalist, writer and former
partisan.Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career
as a journalist in Bologna. In 1952, he worked on the screenplay of
the historical film Red Shirts. In 1953, he became the editor-in-chief
of Epoca magazine.Active in journalism for six decades and author of
some eighty books, Biagi won numerous awards, among which were the
1979 Saint Vincent prize and the 1985 Ischia International Journalism
Award. In 1987, he won the Premio Bancarella for his book Il boss è
solo, interviewing former Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, who
had turned pentito (state witness). He worked on the Italian national
TV channel Rai Uno until 2001.On 9 May 2001, just two days before the
general elections in Italy, during his daily prime time 10-minute TV
show Il Fatto, broadcast on Rai Uno, Biagi interviewed the popular
actor and director Roberto Benigni, who gave a hilarious talk about
Silvio Berlusconi declaring his preference for the other candidate,
Francesco Rutelli from the Olive Tree coalition.
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