Beppe Severgnini
Giuseppe Severgnini OBE ( born December 26, 1956 in Crema, Cremona ), better known by his nickname Beppe, is an Italian journalist and writer.
Life
Severgnini first attended high school in Crema and made the classic High School in 1975. Afterwards, he began to study law at the University of Pavia, where he graduated with a thesis on international law. After an internship in Brussels in the EU administration, which was at that time still called EEC, he worked with 27 in the newspaper " Il Giornale " by Indro Montanelli by, he wrote a correspondent from London article.
In the years of the so-called turning point, the crisis of the communist governments, Giuseppe Severgnini worked as a special envoy from various Eastern countries, including Russia and China. After leaving Il Giornale and Indro Montanelli was followed in the editorial board of La Voce, he moved to the United States to Washington, DC order. At the end of this experience with La Voce he began at the Corriere della Sera, where he is still active as a columnist and article writers.
Since 1998, he maintains in the Corriere column Italians; He also writes for the Gazzetta dello Sport and was a correspondent from Italy for The Economist's 1996 to 2003. Besides his written work Severgnini also works in broadcasting with. In 2000, he hosted the show for Radiodue Inglese perfetto, natural elements and worked with irregularly in the mission Atlantis. For Radio 24, he inaugurated the program L' utopista 2003. In other countries, he also worked for the BBC.
For Rai Tre Severgnini has the broadcasts Italians, cioè italiani 1997 and between 2001 and 2002 Luoghi Comuni. Un viaggio in Italia moderated. He also moderates Severgnini all 10 in SKY TG24, a program in which he interviews vorzeigt about the world of telecommunications and the media figures of the area.
Giuseppe Severgnini taught at the University of Parma, at the Bocconi University of Milan and at the University of Applied Sciences in Pavia. In September 2001 he was also awarded by the Queen Elizabeth II with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
In his books Severgnini operates ironic cultural comparison in an amusing and ( self-). Among the many titles published by Rizzoli are Inglesi (1990) and L' inglese. Lezioni semi series (1992 ) worth mentioning. In the latter, the author introduces a rather unusual way in the English language and culture.
In 1993 he published the font Italiani con valigia, which should be a diary of his experiences as a special envoy especially in the Eastern countries initially, but later became a long investigation into the conduct of his countrymen on the road and abroad. Un italiano in America (1995 ) attempting the culture of the U.S. is those who live there as a foreigner to explain, especially as an Italian. In Italiani si diventa, which was published in 1998, Severgnini talks about his childhood and youth, by linking his biography with the social history of Italy.
The manuals dell'imperfetto viaggiatore (2000), the manuals dell'uomo domestico (2002) and the manuals dell'imperfetto sportivo (2003) include reports and tales of his working life as a journalist. His enthusiasm for the football team Inter Milan made him two books about his favorite team: publish Interismi (2002) and Altri interismi ( 2003). 2005 La testa degli italiani was published, but produce his compatriots have an up attempt foreigners to explain the specifics of the Italians a mirror.
Publications in German language
- 2011: Surviving with Berlusconi, from Italian by Bruno Genzler; Blessing, Munich ISBN 978-3-89667-373-2
- 2011: survival in Italy ... without being married, run over or arrested, translated by Bruno Genzler; Heyne, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-453-64527-1
- 2009: survival in America: ... without being pious, immodest or frozen, translated by Bruno Genzler; Blessing, Munich ISBN 978-3-89667-373-2