Giuseppe Boffa
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Giuseppe Boffa | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 27 June 1987 – 13 September 1998 | |
| Constituency | Campania |
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| Born | 23 July 1923 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 23 September 1998 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Communist Party |
| Occupation | historian, journalist |
Giuseppe Boffa (Milan, 23 July 1923 – Rome, 13 September 1998 ) was an Italian journalist, historian and politician. He took part in World War II resistance movement, joined the Italian Communist Party and used to work for the Italian Communist newspaper, l'Unità and wrote on Soviet history. His work, The History of Soviet Union, published in 1976, influenced leaders of the Soviet Union, such as Mikhail Gorbachev. His works won Viareggio Prize.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Mo E. (27 April 2007). "Vi racconto mio padre, Antonio Gramsci". Corriere (in Italian) (Corriere della Sera ed.).
- ^ Taubman 2017, p. 127.
Taubman, William (2017). Gorbachev: His Life and Times. New York City: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1471147968.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1998 deaths
- Italian male journalists
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- Politicians from Milan
- 20th-century Italian historians
- Italian Communist Party politicians
- 20th-century Italian journalists
- Italian resistance movement members
- Journalists from Milan
- Senators of Legislature X of Italy
- Viareggio Prize winners
- Historians of the Soviet Union
- L'Unità editors
- Democrats of the Left politicians