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Giovannino Guareschi (May 1, 1908 - July 22, 1968) was an Italian journalist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo. Image File history File links Guareschi. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Don Camillo is a fictional catholic priest and the main protagonist in Giovanni Guareschis satirical tales. ...

Giovannino Guareschi was born in Fontanelle di Roccabianca, near Parma, Italy, into a middle-class family. In 1926 his family went bankrupt and he could not continue his studies. After unsuccessful studies in the University of Parma and various minor jobs, he started to write for a local newspaper. In 1929 he became editor of the satirical magazine Corriere Emiliano and from 1936 to 1943 he was the chief editor of a similar magazine called Bertoldo. Parma is a medieval city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, with splendid architecture and a fine countryside around it. ... The University of Parma, Italy, (Università degli Studi di Parma) is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in the 11th century. ...

During World War II, he criticized Mussolini's government. In 1943 he was drafted into the army, which apparently helped him to avoid trouble with the fascist authorities. He ended up as an artillery officer. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

When Italy signed the armistice with Allied troops in 1943, he was at the Eastern Front and was arrested and imprisoned in prison camps in Poland for three years alongside other Italian soldiers. He later wrote about this time in Diario Clandestino (Clandestine Diary). The Eastern Front was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... Prisoner of War camps Contents // Categories: Substubs | Prisons and detention centres ...

After the war, Guareschi returned to Italy and founded a monarchist satirical magazine, Candido. After Italy became a republic, he began to support Democrazia Cristiana. He criticized and satirized the Communists in his magazine. When the Communists were soundly defeated in the 1948 Italian elections, Guareschi did not put his pen down but criticized Democrazia Cristiana as well. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy. ... Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ...

In 1954 Guareschi was charged with libel after he had published a fake wartime letter from resistance leader Alcide De Gasperi (subsequently a post-war prime minister), telling the Allies to bomb Rome in order to demoralize German collaborators. Guareschi was sentenced for 12 months in Parma prison but was released early for good behavior. In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ... Alcide De Gaspieri Alcide De Gasperi (born 3 April 1881 in Pieve Tesino in the Tirol, Austria-Hungary, now part of the Province of Trento in Italy); died 19 August 1954 in Sella di Valsugana in the same province) was an Italian statesman and politician. ... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries that fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of World War II. Other... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BCE mythical, 1st millennium BCE Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2005)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 3. ...

By 1956 his health had deteriorated and he began to spend time in Switzerland for health reasons. In 1957 he retired from the post of editor of Candido but remained a contributor. In 1968 he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Some books (see also Don Camillo):

• La scoperta di Milano (1941)
• Il destino si chiama Clotilde (1943)
• Il marito in collegio (1944)
• Favola di natale (1945)
• Diario Clandestino 1943-1945 (1946)
• Italia Provvisoria (1947)
• Lo zibaldino (1948)
• Corrierino delle famiglie (1954)
• Vita in famiglia (1968)

• Published English Translations
  • The Little World of Don Camillo
  • Don Camillo and his Flock
  • Don Camillo's Dilemma
  • Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Horns
  • Comrade Don Camillo
  • Don Camillo and the Flower Children
  • A Husband in a Boarding School
  • Duncan & Clotilda

Don Camillo is a fictional catholic priest and the main protagonist in Giovanni Guareschis satirical tales. ...

External links

Tutto il mondo di Guareschi (Official Site)