Giangiacomo Feltrinelli | |
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 Feltrinelli in the late 1960s | |
| Born | 19 June 1926 |
| Died | 14 March 1972 (aged 45) Segrate, Lombardy, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | "Osvaldo" |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, political activist |
| Years active | 1945–1972 |
| Known for | European translations of Doctor Zhivago; publishing Lampedusa's The Leopard; founding Italy's biggest chain of bookstores; articles anticipating a fascist coup in Italy;[1] patronage of left wing terrorist groups |
| Political party | Italian Socialist Party Italian Communist Party (1945–1958, lapsed) Gruppi di Azione Partigiana (Partisan Action Groups, 1970–1972) |
| Spouses | Bianca dalle Nogare
(m. 1947–1956)Alessandra de Stefani
(m. 1956–1964)Sibilla Melega (m. 1969–1972) |
| Children | Carlo Fitzgerald Feltrinelli (1962–) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Italy |
| Service | Italian Co-belligerent Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1945 |
| Rank | Soldier |
| Unit | "Legnano" Combatant Group |
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Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (Italian: [dʒanˈdʒaːkomo feltriˈnɛlli]; 19 June 1926 – 14 March 1972) was an influential Italian publisher, businessman, and political activist who was active in the period between the Second World War and Italy's Years of Lead. He founded a vast library of documents mainly in the history of international labour and socialist movements.
Feltrinelli is perhaps most famous for his decision to translate and publish Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago in the West after the manuscript was smuggled out of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. He died violently under mysterious circumstances in 1972.
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