The Viareggio Prize is an Italian literary prize,first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio,it was conceived by three friends,Alberto Colantuoni,Carlo Salsa and Leonida Repaci,to rival the Milanese Bagutta Prize.
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. Since 2023 he is the President of the Italian Left. He is one of the first openly LGBT Italian politicians and the first openly LGBT heads of a regional government in Italy.
Emanuele Severino was an Italian philosopher.
Gino Strada was an Italian war surgeon,human rights activist,peace activist,and founder of Emergency,a recognized international non-governmental organization.
The Movement for Autonomy is a regionalist and Christian-democratic political party in Italy,based in Sicily. The MpA,whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo,advocates for greater economic development,autonomy and legislative powers for Sicily and the other regions of southern Italy.
Vittorio Valletta was an Italian industrialist and president of Fiat S.p.A. from 1946 to 1966.
The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata is the leading news agency in Italy and one of the top ranking in the world. ANSA is a not-for-profit cooperative,whose members and owners are 36 leading news organizations in Italy.
Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer,essayist,journalist,and screenwriter. In his writings,including articles and his book Gomorrah,he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of organized crime in Italy,in particular the Camorra crime syndicate,and of organized crime more generally.
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician and jurist who has been the 12th president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 2023,Mattarella has been the only living Italian president.
Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi is an Italian art critic,art historian,writer,politician,cultural commentator,and television personality. He is president of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto. Appointed curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale,Sgarbi is also a columnist for il Giornale and works as an art critic for Panorama and IO Donna. A popular ecletic and mediatic phenomenon,Sgarbi is well known for his glib,verbal aggressiveness,and insults,which often led to libels.
Left Ecology Freedom was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The national colours of Italy are green,white,and red,collectively known in Italian as il Tricolore. The three Italian national colours appeared for the first time in Genoa on 21 August 1789 on the cockade of Italy shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution,on 11 October 1796 they were used for the first time in Milan on a military banner,while on 7 January 1797 in Reggio Emilia they appeared for the first time on a flag.
Raffaele Cantone is an Italian magistrate. In March 2014,he was appointed president of the National Anti-Corruption Authority by the then Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi;he held the office until October 2019. In June 2020,Cantone was appointed by the High Council of the Judiciary as the chief prosecutor in Perugia.
Rosetta Loy was an Italian writer. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Le strade di polvere in 1988.
Carla Federica Nespolo was an Italian politician,President of National Association of Italian Partisans from 2017 until her death.
This is a list of ACF Fiorentina players who have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.
Tommaso Sacchi is an Italian politician,curator,artistic director,Deputy-Mayor for Culture,Fashion and Design of the City of Florence.
Eugenio Giani is an Italian politician.
Events during the year 2021 in Italy.
Teresa Sarti Strada,née Teresa Sarti was an Italian teacher,pacifist and philanthropist who,together with her husband Gino Strada,founded Emergency,an NGO dedicated to providing free medical treatment to the victims of war,poverty and land mines. She was the organization's first president.
