Paolo Rumiz. Paolo Rumiz (born 20 December 1947) is an Italian journalist and writer. He was born in

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and worked a journalist for the local ''

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'' newspaper. Later he was editorialist for ''

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'' national newspaper. Starting from 1986, he mostly dealt with the situation in the

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area and wrote several articles on the War in Yugoslavia, and won the Hemingway Prize for his works on

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. He also worked from

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after it was invaded by US troops. His reportages on the Yugoslavian area include ''Maschere per un massacro'' (1996) and ''La linea dei mirtilli'' (1997). He is the author of several travelling reportages on the

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, the former territories of the

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, places of the Italian Wars of Independence, the

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, the Italian front of

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and others. His works include ''Storie di una nuova Europa'' (1990), ''La leggenda dei monti naviganti ''(2007),'' Tre uomini in bicicletta'' (with

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, 2008), ''L'Italia in seconda classe'' (2009), ''Trans Europa Express ''(2012), '' Morimondo ''(2013), '' Come cavalli che dormono in piedi ''(2014), ''La cotogna di Istanbul'' (2015), ''Il Ciclope'' (2015),'' Appia ''(2016), ''La regina del silenzio ''(2017),'' Il filo infinito ''(2019),'' Il veliero sul tetto. Appunti per una clausura'' (2020), ''Canto per Europa ''(2021). In 1998, he received the prize "Archivio Disarmo - Golden Doves for Peace" from IRIAD.

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