Italian journalist and writer
Gigi Vesigna |
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| Born | (1932-02-08)8 February 1932
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| Died | 28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 83)
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
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Gigi Vesigna (8 February 1932 – 28 February 2015) was an Italian journalist and writer.
Born in Milan, the son of a businessman from La Spezia and a schoolteacher from Apulia, at high school Vesigna started writing his first articles for the school newspaper.[1] He began his career in the 1950s as a collaborator of the magazine Settimana TV.[2] In 1961 he became a Mondadori employer and began working on the weekly magazine Teletutto.[1] In 1973 he became the director of the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, bringing the print run from 600,000 copies a week up to 3.3 million copies.[1]
Vesigna founded the Telegatto award and the musical event Vota la Voce.[1] In 1985 he founded the cinema monthly magazine Ciak, and in 1995 the short-lived newspaper Il Telegiornale.[1][2]
Vesigna was one of the major experts of the Sanremo Music Festival, about which he wrote several books.[1]
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