Roberto Gervaso

Roberto Gervaso (9 July 1937 – 2 June 2020) was an Italian writer and journalist. He won the Premio Bancarella twice: for ''L'Italia dei Comuni'' in 1967, and for ''Cagliostro'' in 1973.

Gervaso was born in Turin where he grew up. He started working as an editor and staff writer at ''Corriere della Sera'' in 1960. He subsequently moved to Rome where he became a freelance journalist and columnist, contributing to ''Il Mattino'', ''Il Messaggero'' and ''Il Giornale''.

In the late 1960s Gervaso co-authored with his mentor and former editor at ''Corriere'', Indro Montanelli, six of the nine volumes of ''Storia d'Italia''. In the mid-1970s he worked as a broadcaster and television presenter at RAI and Canale 5. Provided by Wikipedia