L'Italiano (magazine)

L'Italiano was a weekly literary and arts magazine that existed between 1926 and 1942 in Italy. Its full title was L'italiano: rivista settimanale della gente fascista.[1] It is one of the magazines founded and edited by the well-known Italian journalist Leo Longanesi. Its subtitle was Foglio della Rivoluzione Fascista (Italian: Publication of the Fascist Revolution),[2] and its motto was "Mussolini is always right" which was also adopted and employed by the Fascist regime.[3][4]

This article is about the magazine. For the newspaper, see L'Italiano (newspaper). For the song by Toto Cutugno, see L'Italiano.

L'Italiano
Editor-in-chiefLeo Longanesi
Categories
  • Literary magazine
  • Arts magazine
  • Political magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherL'Italiano Editore
FounderLeo Longanesi
Founded1926
First issue14 January 1926
Final issue1942
CountryItaly
Based in
LanguageItalian
OCLC173994792

History and profile

L'Italiano was established by Leo Longanesi in Bologna in 1926.[2] Its first issue appeared on 14 January that year.[3] In the initial period it was published on a biweekly basis, and the first eight issues heavily covered political writings.[5] From 1927 L'Italiano Editore founded by Leo Longanesi became the publisher of L'Italiano.[3] The headquarters of L'Italiano was moved to Rome.[3] It ceased publication at the end of 1942.[5][6]

References
  1. "L'italiano: rivista settimanale della gente fascista" (in Italian). Bologna University Library. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ""L'Italiano" di Leo Longanesi" (in Italian). Biblioteca Salaborsa. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. "Longanesi Leo 1905-1957" (in Italian). Arts Life History. November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. Stephen Gundle (Spring 2015). "Laughter Under Fascism: Humour and Ridicule in Italy, 1922–43". History Workshop Journal. 79 (1): 221. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbv007.
  5. "Longanesi, Leopoldo" (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. Michela Rosso (2016). "Il Selvaggio 1926–1942: Architectural Polemics and Invective Imagery". Architectural Histories. 4 (1): 1. doi:10.5334/ah.203.
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