Viviana Mazza

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 the Middle East, Pakistan, the US, the UK, Nigeria and contributes to the La27Ora blog.[1][2]

Viviana Mazza
Born (1978-06-15) June 15, 1978
Catania, Sicily
OccupationWriter, journalist

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]

She has published the following books for Mondadori: Storia di Malala, Il Bambino Nelson Mandela and a version of the Storia di Malala book for younger children.[5] 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.[6] In July 2016 a version for younger readers of Il Bambino Nelson Mandela was published.[7] In October 2018 she published Guerrieri di sogni. Storie e paesi che dovresti conoscere.[8] In May 2019 she published Greta. La ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo.[9] In June 2020 she published La ragazza che imparò a volare. Storia di Simone Biles.[10]


In collaboration with Minna Proctor she translated Tullio Kezich's book Federico Fellini His Life and Work into English.[11]

She contributed a chapter to Che cos'è l'ISIS, a collaborative effort by Corriere della Sera journalists.[12]

In March 2019 Solferino Libri published Le ragazze di via Rivoluzione.[13]

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.[14]

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[15] and completed a Master of Science in Journalism at Columbia University, New York (2004).[16] She was also awarded a Graduate Diploma in Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo, Egypt (2005).[17]

She has worked for or collaborated with several newspapers and magazines: La Stampa,[18] Giornale di Sicilia, [19] Colors ,[20] Egypt Today.[21]

Bibliography
  • Kezich, Tullio. Federico Fellini : his life and work. New York: Faber and Faber, 2006. ISBN 978-0865479616.
  • Mazza, Viviana. Storia di Malala. Milano: Mondadori, 2013. ISBN 978-8804639770.
  • Mazza, Viviana, and Paolo Altan. Il bambino Nelson Mandela. Milano: Mondadori, 2014. ISBN 978-8804657859.
  • Mazza, Viviana, and Paolo Altan. La storia di Malala : raccontata ai bambini. Milano: Mondadori, 2015. ISBN 978-8804655626.
  • Mazza, Viviana, Adaobi Nwaubani, and Paolo Altan. Ragazze rubate. Milano: Mondadori, 2016. ISBN 9788804660798
  • Mazza, Viviana, and Paolo Altan. Guerrieri di sogni. Storie e paesi che dovresti conoscere. Milano: Mondadori, 2018. ISBN 978-8804705765
  • Mazza, Viviana. Le ragazze di via Rivoluzione. Solferino, 2019. ISBN 978-88-282-0125-0
  • Mazza, Viviana. Greta. La ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo. Mondadori, 2019. ISBN 978-88-04-71901-4
  • Mazza, Viviana. La ragazza che imparò a volare. Storia di Simone Biles. Mondadori, 2020. ISBN 978-8804728368

Awards
  • Marco Luchetta Prize for Journalism 2010[22]
  • Amerigo Award 2010[23]
  • Nino Martoglio International Literary Prize 2014
  • Giovanni Arpino Prize 2014[24]
  • Mediterranean Award - Jury Prize 2015[25]
  • Festival Giornalisti del Mediterraneo - Medaglia di Bronzo del Presidente della Camera dei Deputati 2016 [26]
  • Premio Letterario Delle Quattro Libertà 2019 - "Libertà di opinione", for her book Le Ragazze di via Rivoluzione [27]
  • Premio Biaggio Agnes per Reportage 2020 [28]

References
  1. "Viviana Mazza Interview", Women Writers, Women's Books
  2. "Viviana Mazza at 27ora"
  3. "Iran President Interview", New York Times, New York 12 November 2015
  4. "Interview with President Rouhani", Corriere della Sera, Milan November 2015
  5. "Viviana Mazza at Mondadori"
  6. "Ragazze rubate at Mondadori"
  7. http://m.ragazzimondadori.it/libri/la-storia-di-mandela-raccontata-ai-bambini-viviana-mazza
  8. https://www.amazon.it/Guerrieri-sogni-Viviana-Mazza/dp/8804705760
  9. "Greta. La ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo".
  10. https://www.ragazzimondadori.it/libri/la-ragazza-che-imparo-a-volare-storia-di-simone-biles-viviana-mazza/?fbclid=IwAR1HLXesjrPr9uzSPZzIIMkcHweroJ1sKL7D-c0BY3bo_28HPxwKJPgsYKo
  11. "Federico Fellini His Life and Work"
  12. "Che Cos'è l'ISIS"
  13. "Le ragazze di via Rivoluzione - Viviana Mazza".
  14. "Consiglio Comunale del 22.06.2019".
  15. "re Fulbright Alumnus"
  16. "Mazza Master's Project Columbia"
  17. "Refugee Studies Document: Mazza Page 24"
  18. "Viviana Mazza at La Stampa"
  19. "Mazza re Giornale di Sicilia"
  20. "Mazza: Assistant Editor at Colors"
  21. "Mazza at Egypt Today"
  22. "Marco Luchetta Prize"
  23. "Amerigo Award"
  24. "Giovanni Arpino Prize"
  25. "Mediterranean Award"
  26. "Home".
  27. "Premio Letterario delle Quattro Libertà".
  28. "I Premiati".
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