| Intro | Italian journalist, painter, film director, screenwriter, author, illustrator and publisher |
| Was |
Journalist Painter Film director Screenwriter Author Illustrator Publisher Writer |
| From | Italy |
| Type |
Arts Business Creativity Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 30 August 1905, Bagnacavallo |
| Death |
27 September 1957, Milan (aged 52 years) |
Leo Longanesi (30 August 1905 – 27 September 1957) was an Italian journalist, writer and publisher.
Life
Born in Bagnacavallo, Longanesi founded the eponymous publishing house in Milan in 1946. Between 1927 and 1950, he published several magazines including L’Italiano (1927), a political and literary fortnightly tied to Strapaese movement; Omnibus (1937), a weekly rotogravure newspaper; and Il Borghese (1950), a cultural and satirical weekly, conservative-oriented.
Longanesi was also an elegant and refined cartoonist and wrote several books of memoirs, characterised by a ruthless streak and Fascist nostalgic accents (In piedi e seduti, Una vita, Ci salveranno le vecchie zie?).
Works
- Vade-mecum del perfetto fascista seguito da dieci assiomi per il milite ovvero Avvisi ideali (1926)
- Parliamo dell’elefante : frammenti di un diario (1947)
- In piedi e seduti : (1919-1943) (1948)
- Una vita : romanzo (1949)
- Il mondo cambia : storia di cinquant’anni (1949)
- Il destino ha cambiato cavallo (1951)
- Un morto fra noi (1952)
- Ci salveranno le vecchie zie? (1953)
- L’onesto Signor Bianchi (1953)
- Lettera alla figlia del tipografo (1957)
- Me ne vado : ottantun incisioni in legno (1957)
- La sua signora : taccuino di Leo Longanesi (1957)