Giuseppe Fava
Giuseppe Fava | |
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Born | Palazzolo Acreide, Italy | 15 September 1925
Died | 5 January 1984 Catania, Italy | (aged 58)
Occupation | Journalist |
Language | Italian |
Children | Claudio Fava |
Giuseppe "Pippo" Fava (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpippo ˈfaːva]; 15 September 1925 in Palazzolo Acreide – 5 January 1984 in Catania) was an Italian writer, investigative journalist, playwright, and Antimafia activist who was killed by the Mafia. He was the founder of the I Siciliani, a monthly magazine. His motto in life was "Is there any use in living if you don't have the courage to fight?"[1]
Journalism
Born and raised in
I Siciliani
In 1983, Fava and his team of independent journalists founded the progressive monthly magazine
However, it was the investigations into the
Death and aftermath
On 5 January 1984, Fava was killed while he was waiting to pick up his granddaughter, who was rehearsing a part in a theatre comedy.[5] The week before, he had been a guest on Enzo Biagi's national TV show on Rete 4, where he denounced the sway the Mafia held in parliament.[6]
In 1994,
Fava's son,
The volumes Process to Sicily and The Sicilians of 1970 and 1978, respectively, collect Giuseppe Fava's most meaningful journalistic inquiries. Among his novels are Gente di rispetto (1975), Prima che vi uccidano (1977), and Passione di Michele (1980).
See also
References
- ISBN 9788897567141.
- ^ a b (in Italian) Giuseppe Fava, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 45 (1995)
- Cavaliere del Lavoro(Knight of Labour) was granted by the Italian government as reward for special merit to the Italian economy.
- ^ (in Italian) I quattro cavalieri dell’apocalisse mafiosa Archived 7 April 2014 at WebCite, in I Siciliani, January 1983. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation. The four horsemen are traditionally named Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death.
- ^ Anti-Mafia Campaigner Is Found Slain in Sicily, Associated Press,7 January 1984
- ^ (in Italian) "I mafiosi stanno in Parlamento" Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine (The mafiosi are in parliament), audio-video registration of Fava last interview with Enzo Biagi on 28 December 1983.
- ^ (in Italian) Giuseppe "Pippo" Fava Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, by Sebastiano Gulisano, Polizia e Democrazia (2002)
- ^ Mafiosi jailed for life, BBC News, 19 July 1998
- ^ (in Italian) 25 anni fa l'omicidio di Giuseppe Fava Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Antimafia Duemila, 5 January 2009
External links
- (in Italian) I Siciliani online
- (in Italian) I Siciliani
- (in Italian) Dossier Pippo Fava
- (in Italian) Alcune cronache su un caso di mafia at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 October 2007), press reaction to Fava's murder, I Siciliani, April 1984
- (in Italian) Cinque Gennaio by Riccardo Orioles, Girodivite, 5 April 2006
- (in Italian) Giuseppe Fava Foundation
- (in Italian) Quello che mi e' rimasto di mio padre, by Claudio Fava, article on the occasion of the 25th memorial of the killing.