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Vauro Senesi | |
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| Born | (1955-03-24)24 March 1955 (age 70) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist,satiricalcartoonist |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Vauro Senesi (born 24 March 1955) is an Italianjournalist andsatiricalcartoonist.
Vauro was born inPistoia. He wasPino Zac's apprentice, and, together withGiancarlo Fusco,Cinzia Leone and others, in September 1978 they foundedIl Male, a satirical weekly newspaper. It was published until March 1982.
His cartoons have been published in magazines such asSatyricon,Linus,Cuore,I quaderni del Sale,L'Echo des Savanes andEl Jueves.
He is director of the satirical e-weeklyBoxer, collaborator ofIl Corriere della Sera and Smemoranda. In 1996, he won the Political Satirist Prize ofForte dei Marmi. Vauro received international attention in 2009 when he was dismissed fromRAI over controversial drawings he had shown during a broadcast of the seriesAnnozero.[1][2]
In June 2011 Vauro Senesi announced his intention to sail with theFree Gaza Flotilla setting out to defy the Israeli blockade of theGaza Strip. He published inIl Manifesto an "Open Letter to an Admiral", addressed to AdmiralEli Marom of theIsraeli Navy and setting out his reasons for this act.[3]
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