Angelo Rizzoli

Angelo Rizzoli 31 October 1889 24 September 1970 was an Italian publisher and film producer Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889 Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty he rose to prosperity He apprenticed in the printer trade and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties In 1927 Rizzoli founded company A Rizzoli Co later RCS MediaGroup In 1927 Rizzoli acquired Novella magazine a biweekly primarily for women that reached a circulation of 130000 copies from Mondadori an independent publisher who specialized in books and magazines After his initial purchase he added several new publications including Annabella Bertoldo Candido Omnibus and Oggi e LEuropeo 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 His operations were moved in 1960 to a complex on Via Civitavecchia in Milan He was amongst the first producers of daily newspapers within the relatively newly established nation of Italy Active in film he had control of the French company Francinex with which he coproduced Federico Fellinis La Dolce Vita 1960 and 8½ 1963 as well as French films such as Une Parisienne 1957 In 1964 Rizzoli opened the original Rizzoli International Bookstore in New York City at 712 Fifth Avenue designed by architect Ferdinand Gottlieb The bookstore was featured in various Hollywood films most notably Woody Allens Manhattan and Falling in Love with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep He also produced the controversial documentary film Africa Addio A museum about Rizzolis life and career is located at Villa Arbusto within the guest house of that place8 at Lacco Ameno Within this are held 500 photographicrecords or evidence of his activities taken onset during production The museum also holds the Pithekoussai Archaeological Museum Rizzoli married Anna Marzorati with whom he had two children Andrea and Giuseppina Rizzoli died aged 81 years of age Source Article Angelo Rizzoli from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30