Arrigo Levi

Arrigo Levi   (journalist, writer, anchorman)
Born	17 July 1926 Modena, Italy
Died	24 August 2020 (Age 94)
Nationality	Italian, Israeli?
Member of	Trilateral Commission
Italian journalist who attended 4 Bilderbergs in the early 1970s when working for La Stampa.  Chief Editor In office 1988 - 1998 Employer Corriere della Sera  Managing director In office 1973 - 1978 Employer La Stampa Succeeded by Fabio Luca Cavazza Attended Bilderberg/1974 and Bilderberg/1975  Correspondent In office 1969 - 1973 Employer La Stampa Attended Bilderberg/1970 and Bilderberg/1972  Chief newscaster In office 1966 - 1968 Employer RAI Made programs for RAI until 1999  Moscow Correspondent In office 1960 - 1962 Employer Corriere della Sera Preceded by Max Frankel Succeeded by Per Egil Hegge

Arrigo Levi was an Italian journalist, essayist, and television anchorman. He attended 4 Bilderberg in the 1970s when working for La Stampa. He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission.

Life

Exile to Argentina

Levi was from a family of Jewish descent (his father Enzo was a renowned lawyer in Modena). In 1938, when he was twelve he moved to Argentina with his family in order to escape Fascist persecution. In Buenos Aires he completed his studies and in 1943 he began his career in journalism, as the director of Italia libera (Free Italy).

Career

After the war he left Argentina and returned to Modena with his family, just in time to take part in the national referendum, on June 2, 1946, for the Italians to choose between Monarchy and Republic. At twenty, he continued his journalism career in Modena and managed the newspaper Gazzetta di Modena for almost two years, until he chose to live in Israel. From 1951 to 1953, he was a correspondent from London for the Turin daily Gazzetta del Popolo. From 1953 to 1959, he wired his pieces from Rome to the Milan evening newspaper Corriere di Informazione.

Important assignments

In 1960, Levi moved to Moscow. There, until 1962, he was a correspondent for the Corriere della Sera and then, until 1966, a correspondent for Il Giorno. In 1966 he moved to RAI, where he was the chief newscaster until 1968 (this was an innovative change on Italian TV, because previously the News were read by professional "speakers" and not by journalists). Levi returned to the press in 1969, as correspondent for the Turin newspaper La Stampa, a job he kept until 1973, when he became the managing director of that very newspaper and its evening edition Stampa Sera. He remained in Turin until 1978. From 1979 to 1983, he collaborated with The Times, editing its international section. In 1988, he was appointed Chief Editor of Corriere della Sera and from 1998 to July 3, 2007, he was Adviser for External Relations to two Italian presidents, first Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and then Giorgio Napolitano.

Television

Besides the TV News which he led in the 60s, Levi was involved in numerous TV programs, mainly produced for RAI. Among these: Tam Tam (1981), Punto sette and Punto sette, una vita. Then, for Channel 5, Tivù Tivù with Angelo Campanella (from 1985 to 1987). Thereafter, again for RAI: I giorni dell'infanzia (1993), Emozioni TV (1995) and Gli archivi del Cremlino (The Kremlin Archives) (1997), a program which he also authored. In 1999, on RAI1, he directed C'era una volta la Russia (Once Upon A Time, Russia).

Death

Levi died on 24 August 2020 in his hometown in Rome at the age of 94.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1970	17 April 1970	19 April 1970	Switzerland Hotel Quellenhof Bad Ragaz	the 19th Bilderberg meeting, in Switzerland.
Bilderberg/1972	21 April 1972	23 April 1972	Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke	The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission.
Bilderberg/1974	19 April 1974	21 April 1974	France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève	The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France
Bilderberg/1975	25 April 1975	27 April 1975	Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme	The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests

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