Journalism, all television lose a great teacher. At 96, Sergio Zavoli, author of many Rai programs that made history, politician, writer, a man of great sensitivity, passed away. He is responsible for many innovations in public television conceived as a service to the country as a whole. "Zavoli's farewell - said the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella - it will be an opportunity to rethink his legacy, to remember the originality and quality of his most important works. To draw ideas and inspiration from his style, from his professional ethics, from his great narrative strength capable of going in depth and grasping the humanity behind the events and the protagonists ".
Sergio Zavoli and his career
Journalist, writer, intellectual, Sergio Zavoli was one of the most representative personalities of Italian television. Born on 21 September 1923 in Ravenna, he played a decisive role in the many historical changes in public television. He was responsible for the invention of many television programs. From "The night of the Republic ”on TV7, AZ, Controcampo, on“ Process at the stage". He walked in Rai in 1947 as a radio journalist. Then in 1968 the arrival on TV, the co-direction of the Newscast and then the direction of the Gr1.
He was also from 1980 to 1986 president of Rai, director of the Mattino di Napoli and has signed as a columnist for various magazines such as Oggi, Epoca, Jesus. He is also responsible for many historical television inquiries, or interviews. In “Process at the stage” involved intellectuals such as Pierpaolo Pasolini and Alberto Moravia to comment on the Giro d'Italia.
Zavoli also engaged in politics and author of important essays
Sergio Zavoli was also a senator from 2001 to 2018. In addition, in 2009 he was elected president of the parliamentary commission for the supervision of Rai. Among the texts he wrote are mentioned "Journey around man "," Birth of a dictatorship "," The night of the Republic "," Children of the labyrinth "," Socialist of God "," The useless pain "," Diary of a chronicler ". And in 2011 he published the autobiographical book "The boy who I was".
The last farewell and burial in Rimini
From today the funeral home has been set up in the Senate, while the religious funeral will take place tomorrow, July 7 at 10 in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. Sergio Zavoli had expressed in life that he was buried in Rimini, near Federico Fellini, he was a great friend of. And the funeral chamber at the Galli Theater will be opened in Rimini. The last farewell is from Friday afternoon from 17 to 19 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. Rimini mayor Andrea Gnassi said that “Rimini is his homeland. It was in life for affections, work, friendships, passions. It will be even more so from now on".
Empathy and emotional participation, but also a sense of responsibility, a spirit of service. And it can also be said that there is a truly unique ethical idea of information. These are the characteristics of his way of doing journalism. For Zavoli, public TV was "an extraordinary means of promoting the cultural and civil growth of society". This is how Mattarella remembers him. "He was able to go in depth and grasp the humanity behind the events and the protagonists".