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The Oriana. Point. It can only be her, Fallaci. A woman, a journalist, a writer. To be clear: not everyone liked and loves Oriana Fallaci: her style, her ideas, her character. And also arrogance. That’s it. Above all, they have left their mark on the history of journalism. For starters it was like that the first “war correspondent” At a time when there were not only few female journalists and they were mostly relegated to secondary sectors (“A woman is OK here”), especially not on the front lines. But she was stubborn, had clear ideas and went her way without any union demands (which actually bothered her a lot – Tommaso Giglio, who was at the helm of the weekly newspaper “L’Europeo” from 1966 to 1976, knew that well), and it he managed to assert himself, achieve his goals and cross every finish line. Journalist, of course. But also a writer. Read, read, translate around the world. In this context, her uncle Bruno Fallaci, her mentor, a leading journalist, repeated to his niece on the launch pad: “To become a writer, it is not enough to read.” It is not even enough to have talent. You have to have lived, live. First live and then write». He replied, “I will live.” Promise kept. Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) published numerous books throughout her life. Others in the years following her death – which occurred in Florence, where she was born – at the age of 77.

Oriana Fallaci therefore always succeeds in winning over her readers. Old people reread it, young people discover it. Hence the new editorial initiative of the “Corriere della Sera”, which envisages the publication of 33 books from the Bur Rizzoli catalog on newsstands from Wednesday April 10th. The title of the first: Life is a war that repeats itself every day. The author’s words: “My life is a ruthless and cruel war, a battle from which one cannot distract oneself for a minute, not even in one’s sleep. otherwise they will steal your food and freedom». In fact, the word “war” is most relevant to his combative personality and is also the main theme of many of his reports. Starting with Vietnam. (“With grace and coquetry, but also with fierce determination, she had begged Tommaso Giglio as only she could,” noted “Panorama” colleague Pino Bongiorno. She wanted to Tell about the war to those who didn’t know about it. At the age of 38, he wanted to rediscover the thread that had held together the different phases of his life since he was a fourteen-year-old fighting as a partisan squadron in Florence against the Nazi-fascists, having followed his father Edoardo into the secret groups of the Resistance. And in the end the director gave up: “Get ready and go”»). The Italian newspapers had lined up the men, the war veterans. Fallaci was the only woman at the front.

In the first book of “Corriere” – almost a testimony to this greatest war correspondent of the 20th century — His most important writings are compiled around his professional and personal struggles. There is Budapest, Beirut, Vietnam, the Greece of the colonels, the Gulf War, the “fierce” clash against radical Islam after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Fallaci’s speech, published in the Corriere della Sera, and then in the volume revised
anger and pride
(against dictatorships, religious fanaticism, the weakness of governments) divided public opinion. And there is her fight against the disease: cancer – she called it the “alien” – which defeated her on September 15, 2006. But Oriana never gave up. He wrote: “I don’t want to die even if I’m dead.”. Her nephew Edoardo Perazzi (son of her sister Paola), her moral and material heir, describes her as follows in a recent interview with Emilia Costantini in “Corriere” (December 29, 2023): “She had a rough character, it was complex.” Being around her required patience and clarity. Tough, tough, with her you always had the feeling that you were being watched.

And femininity? The emotions? Love? “She was a guerrilla fighter who took great care of herself,” Edoardo reiterates, recalling that François Pelou, whom he met in Vietnam and with whom his aunt had a relationship, said with amusement “that Oriana was with one Helmet went to the front.” on her head and on his feet Gucci loafers.” Definitely, his great love was the leader of the Greek resistance against the regime of the colonel and poet Alexos Panagulis, who died in a (controversial) traffic accident in Athens on May 1, 1976. He dedicated himself to it A man (1979). The novel sold millions of copies and was translated into thirty countries. It is true that Fallaci’s appointment as a world-famous writer occurred four years earlier, in 1975
Letter to an unborn child
. The work, inspired by personal experiences, deals with themes such as family, abortion and love. But there is one image that sums up the character of the indomitable journalist: the one she portrays during the interview with Ayatollah Khomeni. The Oriana He challenged the Iranian leader by removing his chador and called him “tyrant.”

The first book for 8.90 euros in the kiosk. The series in 33 volumes

Oriana Fallaci’s book will be published on Wednesday, April 10, at the newsstands of the “Corriere della Sera” and the weekly newspaper “Oggi”.
Life is a war that repeats itself every day
at a price of €8.90 plus the cost of the corresponding header. This is the first publication of a series dedicated to the works of the famous journalist and writer, who was born in Florence in 1929 and died in the same city in 2006. The initiative comprises a total of 33 volumes and is being created in collaboration with Bur Rizzoli. The book
Life is a war that repeats itself every day
It was published posthumously in 2018: It is a compendium of Oriana Fallaci’s experiences as a war correspondent on a wide variety of fronts, which also includes her commitment against fundamentalist Islam and the fight against the disease that led to her death. On the other hand, the author experienced war at a young age and took part as a partisan squadron in the Florentine resistance, which ended with the liberation of the city on August 11, 1944. As a journalist, Oriana Fallaci made her debut in local news and then wrote for renowned weekly newspapers – “Epoca” and “L’Europeo” – first on secular affairs and then on social and political issues. In the 1960s he began working as a war correspondent with a series of articles from Vietnam that were well received by the public. He later covered the conflict between India and Pakistan in 1971 and then various unrest in South America and the Middle East. His interview with Ayatollah Khomeini was epochal, as was his denunciation of Muslim fanaticism, which culminated in the bestseller
anger and pride
after the attacks of September 11, 2001.