Francesca Mannocchi | |
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 Mannocchi at the 2024 Turin International Book Fair | |
| Born | 1 October 1981 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Francesca Mannocchi (born 1 October 1981) is an Italian journalist and writer.
Francesca Mannocchi | |
|---|---|
| Mannocchi at the 2024 Turin International Book Fair | |
| Born | 1 October 1981 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | |
Francesca Mannocchi (born 1 October 1981) is an Italian journalist and writer.
Mannocchi 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]
She 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]
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