Giuliano da Empoli
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Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian writer and journalist. Since June 2009 he has been Deputy Mayor for culture in Florence
. He also functions as an executive board member at the Venice Biennale
From 2006 to 2008 he served as Senior Advisor to Italy’s Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Francesco Rutelli, establishing the first Italian Design Council in Milan
.
Born in Paris
in 1973, he grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques
of Paris.
At the age of twenty-two he published his first book “Un grande futuro dietro di noi” about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa
to designate him “Man of the year”.
Since then, he has published six more books that explore the new economy and its social and political consequences:
Since 1996 he has been a regular contributor and columnist for the country’s leading printed media, including Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica
, Il Sole 24 Ore
and Il Riformista
. He also hosted a weekly talk radio show on Italy’s main financial news radio, Radio 24. As an author and social commentator, he has been regularly appearing on all of the main Italian TV channels.
He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world (including Sao Paulo
's ESPM, Geneva
's Finance Foundation, Paris' Foundation Ricard and Zurich
's Club Baur au Lac) and is a member of The Travellers Club in Paris.
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
. He also functions as an executive board member at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
From 2006 to 2008 he served as Senior Advisor to Italy’s Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Francesco Rutelli, establishing the first Italian Design Council in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
.
Born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1973, he grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques
Institut d'études politiques
Instituts d'études politiques , or IEPs, are nine publicly owned institutions of higher learning in France. They are located in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse , and their vocation is the study and research of contemporary political science...
of Paris.
At the age of twenty-two he published his first book “Un grande futuro dietro di noi” about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa
La Stampa
La Stampa is one of the best-known, most influential and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers. Published in Turin, it is distributed in Italy and other European nations. The current owner is the Fiat Group.-History:...
to designate him “Man of the year”.
Since then, he has published six more books that explore the new economy and its social and political consequences:
- "La Guerra del talento" (2000) about meritocracy and mobility in the digital economy ISBN 88-317-7401-8
- "Overdose" (2002) about information overload ISBN 88-317-7966-4
- "Fuori controllo" (2004) about the “brazilification” of contemporary society (translated into French by Grasset and Brazilian Portuguese by SulinaSulinaSulina is a town and free port in Tulcea County, Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube. It is the easternmost point of Romania and of the continental European Union.-History:...
) ISBN 88-317-8659-8 - "La sindrome di Meucci" (2005) about Italy’s creative industries ISBN 88-317-8923-6
- "Canton Express" (2008), a historical travelogue (translated into Portuguese by BertrandBertrand- People :* Bertrand , a Germanic name and surname including a list of people with the name- Fictional characters :* Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events...
) ISBN 978-88-06-19212-9 - "Obama, La politica nell’era di Facebook" (2008) about Barack Obama’s election as an example of auto-biographical politics
Since 1996 he has been a regular contributor and columnist for the country’s leading printed media, including Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica
La Repubblica
la Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. Founded in 1976 in Rome by the journalist Eugenio Scalfari, as of 2008 is the second largest circulation newspaper, behind the Corriere della Sera.-Foundation:...
, Il Sole 24 Ore
Il Sole 24 Ore
Il Sole 24 Ore is an Italian national daily business newspaper owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation.It was founded on 1965-11-09 as a merger between Il Sole, founded in 1865, and 24 Ore, founded in 1946. The headquarters are in Milan...
and Il Riformista
Il Riformista
Il Riformista is an Italian political and financial newspaper, based in Rome, Italy.- History :Launched on 23 October 2002, initially the newspaper was formed of about four pages with Orange as main colour used....
. He also hosted a weekly talk radio show on Italy’s main financial news radio, Radio 24. As an author and social commentator, he has been regularly appearing on all of the main Italian TV channels.
He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world (including Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
's ESPM, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
's Finance Foundation, Paris' Foundation Ricard and Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
's Club Baur au Lac) and is a member of The Travellers Club in Paris.
External links
- Florence municipality website
- Venice Biennale website
- Radio France Interview (in French)French languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- Epoca, leading brazilian magazine interview (in Portuguese)Portuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
- Venice Sessions talks (in Italian)Italian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...