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Also Known As Carlo Lorenzini
Born November 24, 1826 • Florence • Tuscany
Died October 26, 1890 (aged 63) • Florence • Italy
Notable Works “The Adventures of Pinocchio”
Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco sit on a couch in front of a painting, with Mazzucco holding an open book, in a scene from the HBO series My Brilliant Friend.
Elena Ferrante
Italian author
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
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Vittorio Sereni
Italian poet, author, editor and translator
Pellico, detail of an oil painting by Luigi Norfini
Silvio Pellico
Italian author
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Matilde Serao
Greek-born Italian journalist and novelist
De Amicis, Edmondo
Edmondo De Amicis
Italian author
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John Cowles
American publisher
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Samuel Irving Newhouse
American publisher
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Joseph Medill McCormick
United States senator
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John Brown Russwurm
American editor, publisher, and statesman
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Louis A. Godey
American publisher
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Charles Edward Russell
American writer
Rupert Murdoch wearing glasses, a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, posing at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Rupert Murdoch
Australian-born American publisher
Black and white illustrated portrait of a woman with a calm expression, wearing a headscarf and traditional clothing, representing Indian freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
Aruna Asaf Ali
Indian political activist
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American editor, writer, and abolitionist
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
American author
Conrad Black smiling and wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie at a formal event.
Conrad Black
Canadian-born British businessman
Viscount Northcliffe, 1918.
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe
British publisher
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Arthur Ransome
English author
Joseph Pulitzer, detail of a portrait by C. de Grimm from The Curio, November 1887.
Joseph Pulitzer
American newspaper publisher

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