Cinzia Sasso (born 25 August 1956, in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
) is an Italian journalist and writer.
Biography
Sasso graduated with honors in
International Political Science from the
University of Padua
The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from ...
.
A professional journalist since 1982, she began working in the local newspapers of the local Venetian of
Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso:
Il Mattino di Padova,
La Tribuna di Treviso and
La Nuova Venezia.
In 1985 Sasso arrived in the
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arno ...
, drafting of Milan, where long cases in the news and judicial policy, then women and careers, and where she still works.
Sasso is part of the steering committee of the "School of Journalism Walter Tobagi" of the
University of Milan
The University of Milan ( it, Università degli Studi di Milano; la, Universitas Studiorum Mediolanensis), known colloquially as UniMi or Statale, is a public university, public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest uni ...
.
Personal life
After living together for twenty years, Sasso married the lawyer and politician
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia (; born 20 May 1949) is an Italian lawyer, politician, former mayor of Milan, former member of the Italian Parliament and member of the European Parliament.
As a politician, he has been a member of two left-wing parties, first Pr ...
9 April 2011, with a civil wedding in the
Palazzo Cavalli in Venice.
Literature
Works
*''I saccheggiatori. Milano: facevano i politici, ma erano dei ladri'', with
Giuseppe Turani,
Sperling & Kupfer, (1992)
*''Donne che amano il lavoro e la vita. La via femminile al successo'', Sperling & Kupfer, (2002)
*''Un'ora sola io vorrei'',
with
Susanna Zucchelli, Sperling & Kupfer (2005)
Notes
External links
Blog of the author of repubblica.it
1956 births
Living people
Writers from Venice
Italian journalists
University of Padua alumni
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