Giuseppe Boffa (Milan, 23 July 1923 – Rome, 13 September 1998 ) was an Italian journalist, historian and politician. He took part in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

resistance movement, joined the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party (, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Part ...

and used to work for the Italian Communist newspaper, ''

l'Unità (; English: "the Unity") is an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the Left, a ...

'' and wrote on Soviet history. His work, ''The History of Soviet Union'', published in 1976, influenced leaders of the Soviet Union, such as

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. His works won

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( or ) is an Italian literature, literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscany, Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Repaci, to rival the Milanese Bagutta Priz ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boffa, Giuseppe 1923 births 1998 deaths Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian male writers Politicians from Milan 20th-century Italian historians Italian Communist Party politicians 20th-century Italian journalists Italian resistance movement members Journalists from Milan Senators of Legislature X of Italy Viareggio Prize winners Historians of the Soviet Union L'Unità editors Democrats of the Left politicians