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'''Ugo Stille''', born Mikhail Kamenetzky was an Italian-born Italian journalist of Russian origin, who later served in the US army. He was USA-correspondent for the Italian newspaper ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' from the post-WW2 period to the 1990s and, in the period 1987-1992, also as its chief editor.
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'''Ugo Stille''', born Mikhail Kamenetzky was an [[Moscow]]-born Italian journalist of Russian origin, who later served in the US army. He was USA-correspondent for the Italian newspaper ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' from the post-WW2 period to the 1990s and, in the period 1987-1992, also as its chief editor.
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
Stille was born in Moscow, Russia, on December 3, 1919 to a Jewish family. When he was just a little child, he and his family were forced to leave the country due to the consolidation of the Bolshevik regime, emigrating first to Riga in Latvia, and later to Italy (then under Fascist rule) where they settled in [[Rome]]. Here, the young Mikhail grew up and studied. He used the pseudonym Ugo Stille in some newspaper articles.
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Stille was born in Moscow, Russia, on December 3, 1919 to a Jewish family. When he was just a little child, he and his family fled the country due to the consolidation of the Bolshevik regime, emigrating first to [[Riga]] in [[Latvia]], later to Italy (then under Fascist rule) where they settled in [[Rome]]. Here, the young Mikhail grew up and studied. He used the pseudonym 'Ugo Stille' in some newspaper articles.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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After the war, he returned to the United States and became a correspondent for the newspaper [[Il Corriere della Sera]], where he began publishing his articles starting in January 1946, but with the old pseudonym of Ugo Stille. Soon he would legally change his name to Ugo Stille.
 
After the war, he returned to the United States and became a correspondent for the newspaper [[Il Corriere della Sera]], where he began publishing his articles starting in January 1946, but with the old pseudonym of Ugo Stille. Soon he would legally change his name to Ugo Stille.
  
In 1948 he married an American citizen, [[Elizabeth Bogert]], and had two children, one of whom, [[Alexander Stille]], would later follow in his father's footsteps as a journalist for the New York Times, the New Yorker and the Italian daily [[la Republicca]].
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In 1948 he married an American citizen, [[Elizabeth Bogert]], and had two children, one of whom, [[Alexander Stille]], would later follow in his father's footsteps as a journalist for the ''[[New York Times]]'', the ''[[New Yorker]]'' and the Italian daily ''[[la Republicca]]''.
  
 
Ugo Stille continued his work as a correspondent throughout the post-war period and up until the 1980s, signing numerous US and Italian current affairs articles.
 
Ugo Stille continued his work as a correspondent throughout the post-war period and up until the 1980s, signing numerous US and Italian current affairs articles.
  
In 1987, he accepted the position of chief editor of the Corriere della Sera, thus moving with his family to Milan. After leading the paper for five years, Stille left office in 1992, returning to the United States and resuming the business of correspondent.
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In 1987, he accepted the position of chief editor of the ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' and moved with his family to [[Milan]]. After leading the paper for five years, Stille left office in 1992, returning to the United States and resuming the business of correspondent.
  
 
He died in New York on June 2, 1995.
 
He died in New York on June 2, 1995.

Revision as of 07:52, 27 December 2019

Person.png Ugo Stille   IMDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(editor)
BornMikhail Kamenetzky
3 December 1919
Moscow, Russia
Died2 June 1995 (Age 75)
New York, USA
NationalityItalian
SpouseElizabeth Bogert

Ugo Stille, born Mikhail Kamenetzky was an Moscow-born Italian journalist of Russian origin, who later served in the US army. He was USA-correspondent for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera from the post-WW2 period to the 1990s and, in the period 1987-1992, also as its chief editor.

Background

Stille was born in Moscow, Russia, on December 3, 1919 to a Jewish family. When he was just a little child, he and his family fled the country due to the consolidation of the Bolshevik regime, emigrating first to Riga in Latvia, later to Italy (then under Fascist rule) where they settled in Rome. Here, the young Mikhail grew up and studied. He used the pseudonym 'Ugo Stille' in some newspaper articles.

Career

In the early forties the Kamenetzky family had to emigrate again to escape the fascist anti-Semitic laws promulgated in 1938. On September 4, 1941 the Kamenetzky family embarked for the United States, thanks to a visa obtained through the intercession of Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, settling in New York.

WWII

Shortly thereafter, little over twenty. Misha joined the US army, and took part in the landing in Sicily in 1943 with the rank of sergeant. Once on the island, he was placed by the US occupation authority to lead Radio Palermo, a radio station started by the Allies after the conquest of Sicily. In this capacity, he continued to follow the US military first to Naples and then to Milan.

Corriere della Sera

After the war, he returned to the United States and became a correspondent for the newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, where he began publishing his articles starting in January 1946, but with the old pseudonym of Ugo Stille. Soon he would legally change his name to Ugo Stille.

In 1948 he married an American citizen, Elizabeth Bogert, and had two children, one of whom, Alexander Stille, would later follow in his father's footsteps as a journalist for the New York Times, the New Yorker and the Italian daily la Republicca.

Ugo Stille continued his work as a correspondent throughout the post-war period and up until the 1980s, signing numerous US and Italian current affairs articles.

In 1987, he accepted the position of chief editor of the Corriere della Sera and moved with his family to Milan. After leading the paper for five years, Stille left office in 1992, returning to the United States and resuming the business of correspondent.

He died in New York on June 2, 1995.


 

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