Giovanni Guareschi
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Born into a middle-class family in Fontanelle di Roccabianca, Parma, Guareschi’s education was cut short when his family’s bankruptcy in 1926 forced him to abandon university studies; he entered journalism through the Gazzetta di Parma and soon rose to edit the satirical papers Corriere Emiliano (1929) and Bertoldo (1936-1943). After serving as an artillery officer and enduring two years as a pris…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources