Adelina Tattilo
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Adelina Tattilo is acknowledged to be a pioneer in the Italian erotic magazine publishing sector, who contributed to change the social customs Italy from the second half the 1960s. By launching Playmen
, Tattilo engaged publishers like Hugh Hefner
and Larry Flynt
in an ideological battle to liberate sexual attitudes and free them from bigotry and false moralisms.
In the 1960s, Tattilo launched Menelik, a successful weekly magazine of erotic comic strips, featuring the character 'Bernarda'. This periodical came to sell up to 100,000 copies each week. In 1965 Tattilio and her husband, later separated, broke into publishing with a weekly called Big, a magazine for teenage boys, which answered questions of curiosity about sex, reaching sales approaching 400,000 per week. A year later they started Men, a weekly collection of photographs of nude women purchased from Scandinavia or provided by Italian modeling agents. Playmen
was founded in 1967, and looked similar to Playboy
, which was then banned in Italy
. Tattilio reported that Playmen
cost $US 640,000 to launch, in 1967, and it had risen to an estimated net worth of $1,600,000 in as soon as 1971.
Tattilo made the decisions at Playmen, including cover-girl choices and took risks such as publishing covert paparazzi pictures of Brigitte Bardot
sunbathing topless.
In the early 1970s, Tattilo's publishing house introduced on the market with a series of books including Dizionario della Letteratura Erotica (Dictionary of Erotic Literature), La Marijuana Fa Bene (Marijuana Does You Good), and Playdux (1973), an erotic history of fascism
.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Adelina Tattilo fought for a libertarian, radical and socialist view in Italy and cultivated a friendship with Bettino Craxi
.
She died after a brief illness in Rome
, February 1, 2007 at the age of 78.
Playmen
Playmen was an Italian adult entertainment magazine. It was founded in 1967 by a mother of three, Adelina Tattilo, reaching fame as Italy's Playboy magazine....
, Tattilo engaged publishers like Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
and Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
in an ideological battle to liberate sexual attitudes and free them from bigotry and false moralisms.
In the 1960s, Tattilo launched Menelik, a successful weekly magazine of erotic comic strips, featuring the character 'Bernarda'. This periodical came to sell up to 100,000 copies each week. In 1965 Tattilio and her husband, later separated, broke into publishing with a weekly called Big, a magazine for teenage boys, which answered questions of curiosity about sex, reaching sales approaching 400,000 per week. A year later they started Men, a weekly collection of photographs of nude women purchased from Scandinavia or provided by Italian modeling agents. Playmen
Playmen
Playmen was an Italian adult entertainment magazine. It was founded in 1967 by a mother of three, Adelina Tattilo, reaching fame as Italy's Playboy magazine....
was founded in 1967, and looked similar to Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
, which was then banned in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Tattilio reported that Playmen
Playmen
Playmen was an Italian adult entertainment magazine. It was founded in 1967 by a mother of three, Adelina Tattilo, reaching fame as Italy's Playboy magazine....
cost $US 640,000 to launch, in 1967, and it had risen to an estimated net worth of $1,600,000 in as soon as 1971.
Tattilo made the decisions at Playmen, including cover-girl choices and took risks such as publishing covert paparazzi pictures of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer...
sunbathing topless.
In the early 1970s, Tattilo's publishing house introduced on the market with a series of books including Dizionario della Letteratura Erotica (Dictionary of Erotic Literature), La Marijuana Fa Bene (Marijuana Does You Good), and Playdux (1973), an erotic history of fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Adelina Tattilo fought for a libertarian, radical and socialist view in Italy and cultivated a friendship with Bettino Craxi
Bettino Craxi
Benedetto Craxi was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialist President of the Council of Ministers of Italy from 1983 to 1987.-Political career:...
.
She died after a brief illness in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, February 1, 2007 at the age of 78.