Biography of Concita De Gregorio
Concita De Gregorio was born on 19 November 1963 in Pisa, daughter of Paul (magistrate Tan) and Concha (originally from Barcelona): his name is the same as the mother and grandmother, according to the custom of the Catalan capital to pass on the name among first-born. The future journalist grows in Biella (where he attended primary school) due to the father's work; as a teenager back to Livorno and she graduated at the liceo classico "Niccolini Guerrazzi", then a degree in political science from the University of Pisa.
The first experience in the provision of information
Already during his studies he started working at local television and radio stations of Tuscany; in 1985 he joined de "Il Tirreno" newspaper from Livorno, where he worked for the offices of Livorno, Piombino, Pistoia and Lucca, dealing mainly about criminals.The first years at the Republic
In 1990 reaches the newspaper "the Republic" by winning the contest Mario Formenton: Largo Fochetti newspaper hired by Eugenio Scalfari, is accepted under the protective wing of Giampaolo Pansa and deals with domestic politics (she will the introduction of the term "girotondini") and columnist. In 1994 he becomes mother of his first son, Peter, had her husband Alexander Carter (journalist, among other things, author of a book about the monster of Florence), while two years later born Lorenzo.The first books
In 2001 Concita De Gregorio publishes his first book, titled "Lai never wash this blood. The days of Genova ", dedicated to the violence that took place during the G8 Summit held in Genoa in the summer of that year; in 2003 becomes the mother of his third son, Bernard. In 2006 he wrote his second book, "a mother knows. All shadows of perfect love ", published by Mondadori (which enters the list of finalists of Premio Bancarella), and deals with the afterword of the book by Rosalind b. Penfold" the slippers of the OGRE. Cruel love story ", published by Sperling & Kupfer.First woman to the direction of the unit
Two years later has to face his father Paul; important innovations materialize, then, from a professional point of view: not only due to the publication of the book "Malamore. Resistance exercises to pain ", published by Mondadori, but above all thanks to his appointment as Director of"the unit". A nomination that, moreover, never fails to stir up controversy, since the news of the arrival of Concita De Gregorio to the newspaper founded by Gramsci, was made known through the dissemination of advances of his interview with the magazine "first communication": anticipations arouse uproar, with the Editorial Board of the "unity" protesting against the manner of announcing the return to management through an interview. On 22 August 2008, however, lie dormant controversies, Concita-strongly desired by Walter Veltroni-becomes the first woman to direct "the unit", replacing Antonio Padellaro. After you have written the preface to the book by Ascanio Celestini "the black sheep. Eulogy of the asylum ", published by Einaudi, the reporter also takes care of the prefaces to" Penelope at war ", by Oriana Fallaci-edited by Bur, and" Michelle Obama. First lady of hope by Elizabeth Lightfoot "published in Italy by Nutrients. In 2010 Concita De Gregorio was awarded public Fabrizi e Renato Benedict Assayer "A place with no time. Facts and figures in twenty years of Italian Chronicles ". Manufactures also the prefaces of books by Anais Ginori "Think the impossible. Women who don't give up "(Fandango) and Giovanni Maria Bellu and Silvia S" 100 days on the island of cassintegrati "(the Mistral).The return to the Republic
In July 2011 the reporter Tuscany leaves "the unit" (Pierluigi Bersani le prefers Davis Saba) and back to "Republic". In the same year he published with Einaudi "such is life. Learn to say goodbye "(which deals with the theme of death and the various ways to cope with it), and for the book" on the veil. Open letters to Muslim women "from Nicla Vassallo and Marnia Lazreg writes" the veiled ". In November 2011 stir a his speech during a Conference at the University of Pisa in which reveals that a major leader of the Democratic Party has confessed that the party has purposely lost regional elections in Lazio of 2010 to assist Gianfranco Fini, candidate Renata Polverini, and help the latter in his campaign against Silvio Berlusconi for splitting the Pdl. The statements by Concita De Gregorio raise a controversies, after which she defends himself by accusing the media and newspapers to be hypocrites. In 2013, still with Einaudi publish "I curse you," an inquiry into the feeling of indignation and anger that permeates contemporary Italy; also, begin to lead on Raitre television program "daily bread", broadcast every morning from Monday to Friday, dedicated to culture and literature.Article contributed by the team of collaborators.