Marcello Sorgi (born 31 March 1955) is an Italian journalist and author.
Marcello Sorgi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marcello Sorgi 31 March 1955 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Spouse | Anna Chimenti |
Born in Palermo, the son of a criminal defense lawyer, Sorgi started his career as a journalist for the newspaper L'Ora, and then he worked Il Messaggero and La Stampa.[1] In 1996 he became the director of RAI TV's TG1, then in 1998, left the office, he was the director of La Stampa until 2005.[1]
In 2000 Sorgi released a book-length interview with Sicilian novelist Andrea Camilleri, La testa ci fa dire.[1] In 2009 he wrote the book Edda Ciano and the Communist in which he tells the illicit love story between Edda Ciano, Benito Mussolini's daughter, and a regional communist leader, Leonida Bongiorno, which had as its background on the Isle of Lipari.[2] The book was adapted into a film with the same name, directed by Graziano Diana and starred by Alessandro Preziosi and Stefania Rocca.[3]
In 2010, Sorgi wrote Le amanti del vulcano (The Volcano Lovers), a historical reconstruction of the love triangle between Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman and Anna Magnani.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 9788831795999.
- ^ "Mussolini's daughter's affair with communist revealed in love letters". The Daily Telegraph. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Fulvia Caprara (11 March 2011). "Edda Ciano e il comunista l'amore vince la politica". La Stampa. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Redazione online (23 April 2010). "Le amanti del vulcano in un triangolo di fuoco". Il Tempo. Retrieved 30 August 2014.