Arrigo Benedetti
| Arrigo Benedetti | |
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| Born |
June 1, 1910 Lucca, Italy |
| Died | October 26, 1976 (aged 66) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Journalist and writer |
| Known for | Editor of Oggi, L'Europeo, L'Espresso, and Il Mondo |
Arrigo Benedetti (June 1, 1910 – October 26, 1976), was an Italian journalist and writer. He also was the editor of important news magazines: Oggi (1939–1941), L'Europeo (1945–54), L'Espresso (1955–63), and Il Mondo (1969–72). Born as Giulio, he changed his name to Arrigo in 1933.
He was born in Lucca, in Tuscany (Italy). In 1937 he moved to Rome where he joined his study friend Mario Pannunzio. Both started to work the weekly Omnibus edited by Leo Longanesi. Omnibus was suppressed by Mussolini’s Fascist regime two years later. Benedetti and Pannunzio founded Oggi in 1939 until its suppression in 1941.
In December 1943 he was arrested, but managed to escape when the prison was hit by an Allied bombardment. He moved to Milan and joined the resistance against the German occupying forces and the Mussolini-led Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana).
In November 1945 he launched the news magazine L'Europeo with Gianni Mazzocchi. A journalist of particular importance himself, he created the so-called "Benedetti school of journalism" with journalists such as Tommaso Besozzi, Enzo Biagi, Giorgio Bocca, Oriana Fallaci and Indro Montanelli. The magazine paid special attention to photographic image and documentary photography. According to Benedetti: “People look at articles, but read the photos” (Gli articoli si guardano, le fotografie si leggono).
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