Massimo Gramellini
Massimo Gramellini | |
|---|---|
 Gramellini at Festivaletteratura of Mantua, 2012 | |
| Born | 2 October 1960 Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Spouse | Maria Laura Rodotà (div.) |
| Partner | Simona Sparaco |
Massimo Gramellini (born 2 October 1960) is an Italian writer and journalist currently working at Corriere della Sera.
Life and career
He was born in Turin in 1960 to a family from Romagna. At the age of nine he lost his mother, Giuseppina Pastore, to suicide: seriously ill and depressed, she threw herself from a building's fifth floor. Nobody wished to reveal the details to the young Massimo;[1] his father told him that she had died of a sudden heart attack. This episode has made a great impression on him throughout his life. He discovered the truth many years later, in the mid-1990s, reading a 1969 newspaper article.
He has published books and articles about Italian society and politics, an almanac about 150 years of the history of Italy (with Carlo Fruttero), and two series of stories about his soccer team Torino F.C. In 2010, he published his first novel, L'ultima riga delle favole ("The last line of fables"), that sold over 250,000 copies in Italy and was translated into several languages. In 2012, he released his second novel, Fai bei sogni ("Have good dreams"), which was the best-selling book of 2012, selling over one million copies.[2]
Starting in Autumn 2016, he has presented Le parole della settimana on the talk show Che tempo che fa.
After 28 years at newspaper La Stampa, he began working with Corriere della Sera in 2017.[3]
On several occasions he was accused (notably by the Sinti[4]) of being racist and using populist arguments in his columns Il Buongiorno and Il Caffè.[5]
Personal life
He was married to journalist Maria Laura Rodotà, daughter of lawyer Stefano Rodotà. He is now in a relationship with the italian writer Simona Sparaco, eighteen years younger. They have a son, Tommaso, born on 19 February 2019. He considers himself "a believer", but not Catholic.[6]
Bibliography
- 1994 colpo grosso, with Pino Corrias and Curzio Maltese, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 1994 (in Italian).
- Compagni d'Italia, Milano, Sperling & Kupfer, 1997 (in Italian).
- Buongiorno. Il meglio o comunque il meno peggio, Torino, La Stampa, 2002 (in Italian).
- Buongiorno Piemonte, Scarmagno, photos by Livio Bourbon, Priuli & Verlucca, 2005 (in Italian).
- Buongiorno Montagne Olimpiche, photos by Livio Bourbon, Scarmagno, Priuli & Verlucca, 2006 (in Italian).
- Buongiorno Liguria, photos by Livio Bourbon, Scarmagno, Priuli & Verlucca, 2007 (in Italian).
- Granata da legare, Ivrea, Priuli & Verlucca, 2006 (in Italian).
- Ci salveranno gli ingenui, Milano, Longanesi, 2007 (in Italian).
- Toro. I migliori derby della nostra vita, Scarmagno, Priuli & Verlucca, 2007 (in Italian).
- Cuori allo specchio, Milano, Longanesi, 2008 (in Italian).
- Buongiorno. Dieci anni, Torino, La Stampa, 2009 (in Italian).
- L'ultima riga delle favole, Milano, Longanesi, 2010.
- La patria, bene o male, with Carlo Fruttero, Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2010 (in Italian).
- Fai bei sogni, Milano, Longanesi, 2012 (in Italian).
- La magia di un buongiorno, Milano, Longanesi, 2014 (in Italian).
- Avrò cura di te, with Chiara Gamberale, Milano, Longanesi, 2014 (in Italian).
Gallery
Right: Gramellini, Vittorio Zucconi and Michele Serra, at International Journalism Festival, Perugia, 2010
References
- ^ Gugliotti, Giuliana (16 June 2013). "Quando una rivelazione cambia la vita: Massimo Gramellini e il coraggio di raccontare". letteratu.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Siri, Nicole (11 November 2016). "Buongiorno un corno: Gramellini e Hillary Clinton". softrevolutionzine.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Massimo Gramellini saluta oggi La Stampa. Dal 13 al Corriere della Sera". affaritaliani.it (in Italian). 21 January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "I Sinti querelano Gramellini "È un razzista"". gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it (in Italian). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Siviero, Giulia (16 June 2016). "Il sessismo da salotto di Massimo Gramellini". ilpost.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (22 April 2022). "Ho avuto una "conversione" quindici anni fa; credo in Dio, Lo prego, ma non sono cattolico". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 16. pp. 86–89.
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