Alvise Zorzi (10 June 1922 – 14 May 2016) was an Italian journalist and writer from the city of

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. He was the son of Elio Zorzi, a journalist and the director of the '' Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica'' of the

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in the years immediately following

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. He was the director of cultural programs for

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, Italy's state television network and was a member of the

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committee for Venice. Zorzi authored a number of books on the history and civilization of Venice, including biographies of

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and prominent denizens of the city. The final book he published during his lifetime is ''Napoleone a Venezia'', which went into print in 2010.

Sources

Short biography at an Italian website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zorzi, Alvise 1922 births 2016 deaths Writers from Venice 20th-century Italian journalists Italian male journalists Historians of the Republic of Venice 20th-century Italian historians 20th-century Italian male writers