Giuseppe Prezzolini
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Giuseppe Prezzolini was an Italian
journalist, editor and writer, later an American citizen.
. In 1903 he founded together with Giovanni Papini
the magazine Leonardo. In the same year he founded La Voce.
He went to live in the USA in 1929 where taught at Columbia University
in New York
. He was the author of many books in both Italian and English, including a work on Niccolò Machiavelli
.
He died in Lugano
in 1982.
Italy
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journalist, editor and writer, later an American citizen.
Biography
Prezzolini was born in PerugiaPerugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
. In 1903 he founded together with Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.-Early life:...
the magazine Leonardo. In the same year he founded La Voce.
He went to live in the USA in 1929 where taught at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He was the author of many books in both Italian and English, including a work on Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...
.
He died in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
in 1982.