Viviana Mazza Explained

Birth Date:15 June 1978
Birth Place:Catania, Sicily
Occupation:Writer, journalist

Viviana Mazza (born 15 June 1978, Catania, Sicily) is a writer and a journalist at the foreign desk for the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. At Corriere she specializes in covering the United States and the Middle East. She has also covered, among other countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. She edits the America-Cina newsletter and contributes to the La27Ora blog.[1] [2]

In November 2015 (together with Paolo Valentino) she was the first European newspaper journalist to interview the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, after his election.[3] [4]

On November 1, 2022, Mazza became only the second woman to be the US correspondent for Corriere della Sera, currently in New York.[5]

She has published the following books for Mondadori: Storia di Malala (July 2013), Il Bambino Nelson Mandela (November 2014) and a version of the Storia di Malala book for younger children (September 2015).[6] In April 2016 she published Ragazze rubate, written with Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. It tells the story of the young girls kidnapped in Nigeria by Boko Haram.[7] In July 2016 a version for younger readers of Il Bambino Nelson Mandela was published.[8] In October 2018 she published Guerrieri di sogni. Storie e paesi che dovresti conoscere.[9] In May 2019 she published Greta. La ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo.[10] In June 2020 she published La ragazza che imparò a volare. Storia di Simone Biles.[11] In May 2021 Mondadori published Il bambino fiocco di neve in a special easy-to-read edition for children and people with reading difficulties.[11] In September 2021 Mondadori published Il potere della musica, a story taken from Guerrieri di sogni. Storie e paesi che dovresti conoscere with new, original illustrations by Paolo d'Altan.[12] In October 2021 Mondadori published Io dico no al razzismo written together with Kibra Sebhat.[13]

In collaboration with Minna Proctor she translated Tullio Kezich's book Federico Fellini His Life and Work into English.[14]

She contributed a chapter to Che cos'è l'ISIS, a collaborative effort by Corriere della Sera journalists.[15]

In March 2019 Solferino Libri published Le ragazze di via Rivoluzione.[16]

22 June 2019. She was made an honorary citizen of Solarino, a town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily: the birthplace of her mother and grandmother.[17]

Biography

Mazza studied at the liceo classico Mario Cutelli in Catania. She then moved to Turin where she obtained her bachelor's degree at Turin University (2001). After Turin she won a Fulbright Scholarship[18] and completed a Master of Science in Journalism at Columbia University, New York (2004).[19] She was also awarded a Graduate Diploma in Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo, Egypt (2005).[20]

She has worked for or collaborated with several newspapers and magazines: La Stampa,[21] Giornale di Sicilia,[22] Colors,[23] Egypt Today.[24]

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Notes and References

  1. http://booksbywomen.org/viviana-mazza-interview-with-an-italian-journalist/ "Viviana Mazza Interview"
  2. Web site: "Viviana Mazza at 27ora".
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/world/middleeast/iran-president-doesnt-rule-out-normalized-us-ties-one-day.html?_r=0"Iran President Interview"
  4. http://www.corriere.it/english/15_novembre_12/rouhani-iran-and-the-west-new-era-is-possible-d6b4106e-893a-11e5-9216-e8e41772d34a.shtml "Interview with President Rouhani"
  5. https://www.professionereporter.eu/2022/10/corriere-della-sera-viviana-mazza-seconda-corrispondente-donna-in-usa/
  6. http://autori.ragazzimondadori.it/viviana-mazza"Viviana Mazza at Mondadori"
  7. Web site: "Ragazze rubate at Mondadori".
  8. Web site: La storia di Mandela raccontata ai bambini - Mobile Ragazzi Libri . 2016-07-08 . 2016-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817075952/http://m.ragazzimondadori.it/libri/la-storia-di-mandela-raccontata-ai-bambini-viviana-mazza . dead .
  9. Web site: Guerrieri di sogni. Storie e paesi che dovresti conoscere. Viviana. Mazza. April 14, 2018. Mondadori. Amazon.
  10. Web site: Greta. La ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo.
  11. Web site: La ragazza che imparò a volare. Storia di Simone Biles.
  12. Web site: Il potere della musica.
  13. Web site: Io dico no al razzismo.
  14. Web site: Amazon.com: Books. www.amazon.com.
  15. http://libreriarizzoli.corriere.it/Che-cos-l-ISIS/atSsEWcVlA0AAAFQWywmFPfT/SP6sEWcWa1IAAAEr9L0dhq_J/pc"Che Cos'è l'ISIS"
  16. Web site: Le ragazze di via Rivoluzione - Viviana Mazza.
  17. Web site: Consiglio Comunale del 22.06.2019.
  18. Web site: Facebook. www.facebook.com.
  19. Web site: 2004 Master's Projects | Columbia University Libraries. library.columbia.edu.
  20. http://schools.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/reports/Documents/FMRSReportofActivities_000.pdf "Refugee Studies Document: Mazza Page 24"
  21. Web site: "Viviana Mazza at La Stampa".
  22. Web site: Viviana Mazza: “La Sicilia nel cuore”. December 10, 2013.
  23. http://sites.colorsmagazine.com/62/20.php"Mazza: Assistant Editor at Colors"
  24. Web site: "Mazza at Egypt Today".
  25. Web site: Luchetta Prize".
  26. Web site: Award".
  27. Web site: Comune di Bra. www.comune.bra.cn.it.
  28. Web site: "Mediterranean Award".
  29. Web site: Home.
  30. Web site: Premio Letterario delle Quattro Libertà.
  31. Web site: I Premiati.
  32. Web site: Premio Estra.

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