Arrigo Petacco
Italian historian and journalist (1929–2018)
Arrigo Petacco (7 August 1929 – 3 April 2018) was an Italian writer, historian and journalist. He was born in Castelnuovo Magra, Italy. He was special envoy, editor-in-chief and executive director of La Nazione and La Storia Illustrata, and author of the homonymous monthly television program on the RAI.[1]
In 1983, he won the Saint Vincent award for journalism and in 2006, received the Capo d'Orlando prize even for journalism.
Petacco died in Porto Venere, Italy on 3 April 2018 of liver cancer at the age of 88.[2]
References
change- ↑ from Arrigo Petacco's official site Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ↑ È morto Arrigo Petacco. Giornalista e saggista, con la tv portò la Storia nelle case degli italiani (in Italian)
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