Ruggero Orlando
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| Born | 5 July 1907 Verona, Italy |
| Died | 18 April 1994 (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Ruggero Orlando (5 July 1907 – 18 April 1994) was an Italian journalist, writer and politician.
Life and career
Born in
In 1940 Orlando married a German Jewish woman, and was enrolled by the Political Intelligence Department as to collaborate under the name Gino Calzolari with Radio Londra and with several publications, and later as to act as a liaison officer between groups of the Italian resistance movement and Anglo-American troops.[1] After the war he collaborated with important Italian and international media, including BBC, RAI, France Télévisions, The Observer, Il Messaggero and Epoca.[1]
In 1954 Orlando moved to New York, becoming the official RAI United States correspondent and achieving an extraordinary popularity for his reports.[1][2] In 1972 he was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies with the Italian Socialist Party and temporarily left journalism;[1][2] in 1976 he reprised his journalistic career, collaborating with Rai 2 and Rai 3 as well as with several private networks and with several publications, notably being for some time the editor-in-chief of ABC magazine.[1][2] He was the author of several books, spanning different genres.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mauro Forno (2013). "Orlando, Ruggero". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 79. Treccani.
- ^ ISBN 881150466X.
External links
- Ruggero Orlando at IMDb
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