Sogno (magazine)

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Sogno
Categories Women's magazine
Frequencyweekly (1947-1976), fortnightly (1977-1982), monthly (1983-2011)
FounderGiorgio De Fonseca
Founded1947
First issue8 May 1947
Final issue
Number
October 2011
337
CompanyNovissima (1947-1975), Lancio (1975-2011)
CountryItaly
Based in Rome
Language Italian

Sogno was an Italian fotoromanzo magazine published between 1947 and 2011. Originally titled Il mio sogno, the first edition reached newsstands 8 May 1947. Giorgio De Fonseca, owner of publishing company Novissima, [1] managed to beat rival publication bolero film to market by just 15 days, thus becoming the first full fotoromanzo magazine. [2] The title was acquired by publishing company Lancio in 1975, which published Sogno until the company closed in 2011. [3] [4]

Contents

The magazine employed talents that would later become successful in the film industry, including Dario Argento who served as magazine editor, and actors Gina Lollobrigida (credited as Giana Loris) [5] and Sophia Loren (credited as Sofia Lazzaro) [6] .

References

  1. Boschetti, Chiara (2012). "Per una stora di Novissima" [For a story of Novissima](PDF). Fabbrica del libro (in Italian). Milan: Istituto Lombardo di Storia Contemporanea. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  2. "I protagonisti: Luciano Pedrocchi". Guida Fumetto Italiano (in Italian). 2015-10-09. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  3. Monica Turrini. "Un po' di storia di Sogno". Fotoromanzi Topilio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  4. "Edizioni Lancio: la Netflix degli anni 70". Recensioni Malsane. 2020-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  5. Colangelo, Clarissa (2023). ""A brief history of the photonovel". The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985: An Introduction. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN   9789461665119 . Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  6. Loren, Sophia (2014). "The Fairy-Tale Factory". Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. New York: Altria Books. pp. 36–38. ISBN   978-1-4767-9742-7.

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