Alberto Ongaro

Alberto Ongaro ( born August 22, 1925 in Venice, Province of Venice, Italy ) is an Italian journalist, writer and comic book writer.

Life and work

With his friends Dino Battaglia and Hugo Pratt, he founded in 1945, named after a comic Pratt's comic magazine Asso di Picche. For this was the series Junglemen! , Which was written by Ongaro and reacted first drawing of Battaglia. In 1949 he moved for seven years together with Pratt, Faustinelli and Ido Pavone to Buenos Aires, where he wrote the lyrics for comics for the Argentine market. The came at the invitation Cesare Civitas by the publisher Grupo Editorial Abril, the previously next Asso di Picche also Junglemen! had published and other works of the Italian group in his magazine Salgari. During the time in Argentina Ongaro wrote more stories of the series Junglemen! , But they were not drawn from the remaining Battaglia in Italy, but now from Pratt. After his return, he increasingly devoted himself to journalism and to writing. As of 1992, he delivered under the pseudonym of Alfredo Nogara texts for the comic book series Nick Raider.

In German the novels The lively shade (L ' ombra abitata ) and The Game with Death (La partita ) have been published by Ongaro. La partita has been made ​​into a film in 1988; the title of the German synchronization is the game of his life. He was also involved in other film and television productions.