Nino Nutrizio | |
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| Born | (1911-02-10)10 February 1911 |
| Died | 20 October 1988(1988-10-20) (aged 77) |
| Spouse(s) | Luciana Novaro; Elsa Robotti |
StefanoNino Nutrizio (10 February 1911 – 20 October 1988) was aDalmatian Italian journalist. He is best remembered as the director of Italian dailyLa Notte and for his outspoken counter-current views.[1][2]
Nutrizio was born inTraù,Dalmatia, on 10 February 1911. He was the son ofDalmatian irredentists Luigi and Bianca Nutrizio (née Zacevich).[1][3][2]
He grew up inTrieste, which as a young man he left forGenoa. There he started to work for theGiornale di Genova. In the early 1930s he entered in the sports' editorial offices of theSecolo XIX. Later, he became the director of theGenova Sport. In 1936 he was hired by Vito Mussolini (the son ofArnaldo) to work in hisPopolo d’Italia.[1][2]
In 1940 he was drafted in the Army, entering it as lieutenant. He was sent to the Navy as war correspondent. He was on board the cruiserPola, sunk in the March 1941Battle of Cape Matapan. He jumped from the cruiser into the sea during the night, and almost froze to death, but was saved by the Englishmen, who took him as a prisoner. He was one of the few who refused to submit toBadoglio's government, and as a consequence he remained 5 years in prison inYol, India.[1][2]
He never recanted his support for fascism and, as a consequence, had trouble finding work inliberated Italy. As early as 1947, however, he managed to enter the directorial board of football clubInternazionale, thanks to the help of his friendEmilio Colombo. He collaborated with theCorriere di Milano, since, although the newspaper was reputed antifascist, Nutrizio believed it wasn't "too evil" after all. He then worked at Benso Fini'sCorriere lombardo and several other newspapers. He was among the most popular sports journalists, and is best remembered as the director of the dailyLa notte, which he directed for 26 years.[1][4]
Ananti-communist and very hostile to the center-left as well, in 1963 he started, through his newspapers, an open campaign against the center-left, directed especially againstAldo Moro. He was pro-American and against students' movements. He supportedapartheid. Nutrizio criticized theSoviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.[1]
Conscious of having "given the best of himself" with his publications, he retired in his house in Florence's countryside in 1979. Nutrizio continued to collaborate withIndro Montanelli'sIl Giornale in the following years. He died atBagno a Ripoli on 20 October 1988.[1]
His sister was the famous fashion designerMila Schön. Nutrizio married twice, to ballerina Luciana Novaro and then to Elsa Robotti.[1]
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