Francesca Mannocchi (born 1 October 1981) is an Italian journalist and writer.
Francesca Mannocchi | |
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.jpg) Mannocchi at the 2024 Turin International Book Fair | |
| Born | 1 October 1981 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Biography
editMannocchi worked as a freelancer and collaborated with various television channels and newspapers, both Italian, such as L'Espresso[1] and La7[2] and international, for example Al Jazeera and The Guardian,[3][4] dealing with migrations and conflicts concerning mainly the countries of the Arab League and Turkey.[5]
She won several awards, including the 2016 Premiolino, the Premio Rizzi per il Giornalismo,[6] and the 2022 European Award for Investigative and Judicial Journalism.[7]
In 2018, along with photographer Alessio Romenzi, Mannocchi co-wrote and co-directed the documentary Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul,[8] which premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival.[9] In 2019, she published her debut novel, Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente (Einaudi),[10] the story of a trafficker of human beings, earning the Premio Estense.[11] That same year, she described the conflicts in the Middle East in Porti ciascuno la sua colpa (Laterza)[12] and published Libia (Mondadori), a work of graphic journalism illustrated by Gianluca Costantini.[13]
In 2021, Mannocchi published her sophomore novel Bianco è il colore del danno (Einaudi).[14] In 2022, she carried off the Flaiano Award for Journalism[15] and published Lo sguardo oltre il confine (DeAgostini), where Mannocchi for the first time narrates the current conflicts addressing the younger audiences.[16] Since 2022, she has been sent to La7 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[17]
Books
edit- Se chiudo gli occhi..., con illustrazioni di Diala Brisly, Roma, Round Robin Editrice, 2019, ISBN 978-88-94-95319-0
- Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente, Torino, Einaudi, 2019. ISBN 88-062-4090-0
- Porti ciascuno la sua colpa: Cronache dalle guerre dei nostri tempi, Roma, Editori Laterza, 2019, ISBN 978-88-58-13402-3
- Libia, con illustrazioni di Gianluca Costantini, Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2019, ISBN 88-047-0553-1
- Bianco è il colore del danno, Torino, Einaudi, 2021, ISBN 88-062-4717-4
- Lo sguardo oltre il confine, Milano, De Agostini, 2022, ISBN 979-12-21-20118-5
Personal life
editShe is engaged to photojournalist Alessio Romenzi, with whom she presented the documentary Isis, Tomorrow. Lost Souls of Mosul,[18] at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Protagonisti".
- ^ "Attentati a Kabul, l'analisi di Francesca Mannocchi".
- ^ "Internazionale a Ferrara – Protagonisti".
- ^ "Francesca Mannocchi giornalista freelance".
- ^ "Francesca Mannocchi".
- ^ "PREMIO RIZZI 2022 A MANNOCCHI, MARAINI E FIGLIUOLO".
- ^ "Journalismprize 2022: vincono Francesca Mannocchi, Gabriele Micalizzi e Nello Scavo".
- ^ "ISIS, TOMORROW – The Lost Souls of Mosul".
- ^ "Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls Of Mosul Directed By Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi".
- ^ "Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente".
- ^ "Francesca Mannocchi vincitrice del Premio Estense 2019".
- ^ "LA POTENZA DEL LIBRO DI FRANCESCA MANNOCCHI, PORTI CIASCUNO LA SUA COLPA".
- ^ "Gianluca Costantini, Francesca Mannocchi LIBIA".
- ^ "Bianco è il colore del danno".
- ^ https://www.premiflaiano.com/500/2022.html
- ^ "Francesca Mannocchi: un libro per aiutare i giovani a volgere "lo sguardo oltre il confine"".
- ^ "Ucraina, una guerra senza fine: il reportage di Francesca Mannocchi".
- ^ "Francesca Mannocchi, il marito Alessio Romenzi nato a Terni: da operaio a fotografo pluripremiato". Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Cinema – Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul – Fuori Concorso".
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