Giuseppe Boffa | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 27 June 1987 – 13 September 1998 | |
| Constituency | Campania |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1923 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 23 September 1998 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Communist Party |
| Occupation | historian, journalist |
Giuseppe Boffa (Milan, 23 July 1923 – Rome, 13 September 1998 ) was an Italian journalist, historian and politician. He took part in World War II resistance movement, joined the Italian Communist Party and used to work for Italian Communist newspaper, l'Unità and wrote on Soviet history. His work, the History of Soviet Union, published in 1976, influenced leaders of the Soviet Union, such as Mikhail Gorbachev. His works won Viareggio Prize.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Mo E. (27 April 2007). "Vi racconto mio padre, Antonio Gramsci" (in Italian) (Corriere della Sera ed.).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Taubman 2017, p. 127.
Taubman, William (2017). Gorbachev: His Life and Times. New York City: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1471147968.
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