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Indro Montanelli

Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (Fucecchio, 22 April 1909 – Milano, 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute.

A volunteer for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and an admirer of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, Montanelli had a change of heart in 1943, and joined the liberal resistance group Giustizia e Libertà, but was discovered and arrested along with his wife by Nazi authorities in 1944. Sentenced to death, he was able to flee to Switzerland the day before his scheduled execution by firing squad thanks to a secret service double-agent.

After the Second World War, Montanelli for many decades distinguished himself as a staunch conservative columnist, and in 1977 the terrorist group Brigate Rosse tried to assassinate him. He was also a popular novelist and historian, especially remembered for his monumental Storia d'Italia (History of Italy) in 22 volumes.

He was one of the main faces of Corriere della Sera newspaper, for which he worked from 1938 to 1973 and from 1995 to 2001. He also worked as editor of Silvio Berlusconi-owned newspaper Il Giornale for many years but was opposed to Berlusconi's political ambitions, and quit as editor in 1994.

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Born 1909
Died 2001

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  • Cover of: Historia de los griegos

    First published in 1959 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Dante e il suo secolo.

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  • Cover of: Italia dei secoli d'oro: il Medio Evo dal 1250 al 1492

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  • Cover of: Italia dei comuni: il Medio Evo dal m000 al 1250 [di] Indro Montanelli [e] Roberto Gervaso.

    First published in 1966 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: L'Italia dei secoli bui.: Il medio evo sino al mille.

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  • Cover of: Italia della disfatta: (10 giugno 1940-8 settembre 1943)

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  • Cover of: L' Italia di Giolitti, (1900-1920)

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  • Cover of: Le stanze: dialoghi con gli italiani

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  • Cover of: L'Italia della Controriforma. (1492-1600).

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Born 1909
Died 2001

Subjects

History, Biography, Politics and government, Civilization, Fascism, World War, 1939-1945, Journalists, Fiction, Anecdotes, Correspondence, Underground movements, Church history, Intellectual life, Letters to the editor, Papacy, Political and social views, Politicians, Public opinion, Renaissance, Social life and customs, World War, 1914-1918, Assassination, Brigate rosse, Counter-Reformation, Economic conditions

Places

Italy, Rome, Europe, Milan, Florence (Italy), Hungary, Germany, Greece, Japan, Rome (Italy), Tuscany (Italy), Venice (Italy), Albania, Finland, Lombardy (Italy), Milan (Italy), Naples (Kingdom), Northern Italy, Norway, Papal states, Poland, Sicily (Italy), Spain, Venice, Venice, Lagoon of (Italy)

People

Indro Montanelli (1909-2001), Indro Montanelli (1909-), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Aleksandr Herzen (1812-1870), Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Alcide De Gasperi (1881-1954), Aldo Moro (1916-1978), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928), Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970), Camillo Benso Cavour conte di (1810-1861), Cesare Maria De Vecchi (1884-1959), Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Frederick I Holy Roman Emperor (ca. 1123-1190), Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), Leo Longanesi (1905-1957), Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy (1820-1878), Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965)

Time

20th century, 1922-1945, 1945-1976, 1976-1994, 1870-1914, 476-1268, 1268-1492, 1815-1870, 1914-1922, 17th century, 1976-, 1994-, 1789-1815, 1945-, 1492-1559, 18th century, Middle Ages, 600-1500, Revolution, 1956, 1559-1789, 16th century, 1849-1870, 1914-1945, Allied occupation, 1943-1947, Empire, 284-476, German occupation, 1943-1945

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