Giulio Savelli (27 September 1941 – 12 May 2020) was an Italian politician and publisher.

Biography

Born in Rome, Italy, on 27 September 1941,[1] Savelli co-founded the publishing house Samonà e Savelli [it] alongside Giuseppe Paolo Samonà in 1963.[2][3] Samonà left the business in 1968, and Savelli ran Samonà e Savelli on his own.[3] The publishing house released 1,200 titles, among them La strage di Stato (1970), about the Piazza Fontana bombing, and Porci con le ali [it] (1976), co-authored by Marco Lombardo Radice [it] and Lidia Ravera.[4][5] Savelli retired from publishing in 1976, leaving Samonà e Savelli to an editorial collective.[3] The publishing company closed in 1982.[3]

Savelli was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of Forza Italia.[4][6] He sat on the Legislature XIII, which met between 1996 and 2001.[1]

Savelli was married to the journalist Pialuisa Bianco [it].[4] He died in Rome on 12 May 2020.[4][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Giulio Savelli". Italian Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ "È morto Giulio Savelli, l'editore che pubblicò "Porci con le ali"". Il Post (in Italian). 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "È morto Giulio Savelli, editore da "La strage di Stato" a "Porci con le ali"". La Stampa (in Italian). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "È morto Giulio Savelli, editore di "Porci con le ali"". La Repubblica (in Italian). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Lidia Ravera: "'Porci con le ali' è stato un successo doloroso". La Repubblica (in Italian). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Addio all'editore Giulio Savelli, fra i più rappresentativi della "nuova sinistra"". L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Savelli: porci, ali e rivoluzione". La Repubblica (in Italian). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.


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