Indro Montanelli

Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (; 22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian, and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute. A volunteer for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and an admirer of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, Montanelli had a change of heart in 1943, and joined the liberal resistance group Giustizia e Libertà but was discovered and arrested along with his wife by Nazi authorities in 1944. Sentenced to death, he was able to flee to Switzerland the day before his scheduled execution by firing squad thanks to a secret service double agent.

After World War II, Montanelli continued his work at ''Corriere della Sera'', where he started working in 1938, and distinguished himself as a staunch conservative columnist for many decades. An intransigent, anti-conformist, and anti-communist, he defended the idea of another political right, which was sober, cultured, pessimistic, and distrustful of mass society. In 1977, the Red Brigades terrorist group kneecapped him; years later, he forgave them. He was also a popular novelist and historian, especially remembered for his monumental ''Storia d'Italia'' (''History of Italy'') in 22 volumes.

After leaving the ''Corriere della Sera'' in 1973 due to a perceived turn to the left, Montanelli worked as the editor-in-chief of Silvio Berlusconi-owned newspaper ''il Giornale'' for many years but was opposed to Berlusconi's political ambitions, and quit as editor of ''il Giornale'', which he founded as ''il Giornale nuovo'' in 1974, when Berlusconi officially entered politics in 1994. He returned to the ''Corriere della Sera'' in 1995 and worked there until his death. Both the Italian centre-left and centre-right tried to reclaim his figure; the former, which overlooked his conservatism and anti-communism, emphasized his anti-Berlusconist militancy while the latter, after having portrayed him as a useful idiot of the post-communist left, underplayed his opposition to Berlusconi. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Italia della controriforma / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1969
    Book
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    Italia dei secoli bui. : Il Medio Evo sino al Mille / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1968
    Book
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    Italia dei comuni. : Il Medio Evo dal 1000 al 1250 / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1967
    Book
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    Italia del seicento / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1971
    Book
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    Italia del settecento / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1971
    Book
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    Italia dei secoli d'oro. : Il Medio Evo dal 1250 al 1492 / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1968
    Book
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    Italia Giacobina e Carbonara / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1972
    Book
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    Storia di Roma / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1968
    Book
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    Dante e il suo secolo / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1965
    Book
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    Storia dei greci / by Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

    Published 1967
    Book