Angelo Rizzoli

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Angelo Rizzoli (born 31 October 1889 in Milan – died 24 September 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer.

Early life

Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, Rizzoli rose to prosperity. He apprenticed in the printer trade and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties.^[1]

Career

In 1927 Rizzoli acquired Novella magazine,^[2] a bi-weekly primarily for women that reached a circulation of 130,000, from Mondadori an independent publisher who specialized in books and magazines.^[3] After his initial purchase, he added several new publications including Annabella, Bertoldo, Candido, Omnibus, and Oggi e L'Europeo.^[4] In 1949 he began publishing books including both classics and popular novels. He purchased Cartiera di Lama di Reno in 1954, the foundation for what would become an Italian publishing empire. ^[5] His operations were moved in 1960 to a complex on Via Civitavecchia in Milan. He was amongst the first producer's of daily newspapers within the relatively newly established nation ^[6][7] of Italy.^[8]

Active in film, he produced Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8½ (1963). In 1964 Rizzoli opened the original Rizzoli International Bookstore ^[9] in New York at 712 Fifth Avenue, designed by architect Ferdinand Gottlieb. The bookstore was featured in various Hollywood films, most notably, Woody Allen's Manhattan and Falling in Love with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep. He also produced the controversial documentary film Africa Addio.

A museum about the life and career of the individual A.Rizzoli is located at Villa Arbusto within the guest house of that place,^[10] at Lacco Ameno. Within this are held 500 photographic-records or evidence of the person's activities taken whilst endeavouring to realize projects, this site is also containing the Pithekoussai ^[11] Archaeological Museum.^[12]

Rizzoli married Anna Marzorati with whom he had two children, Andrea and Giuseppina. Rizzoli died aged 81 years of age.

See also

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship ecosystem

Printing

RCS MediaGroup

References

External links

• Angelo Rizzoli at the Internet Movie Database
• Le Grandi Famiglie: I Rizzoli by Mariateresa Truncellito (Italian)