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Oriana Fallaci
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Born
June 29
,
1929
·
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died
September 15
,
2006
·
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
(breast cancer)
Mini Bio
Oriana Fallaci was born on June 29, 1929 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was a writer, known for
Television Theater (1953)
,
El grito (1968)
and
Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini (1979)
. She died on September 15, 2006 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Trivia
Lectured at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Harvard University and Columbia University.
Prior to the 1968 Summer Olympics, she was shot three times by Mexican armed forces, but managed to survive.
Spent the last years of her life in New York fighting against breast cancer, but decided to die in her native Florence (September 2006).
Wrote a series of critical and controversial books about Islam and Arab culture, most notably "La rabbia e l'orgoglio" (The Rage and The Pride, 2001).
Italian author and journalist interviewing many political leaders and international celebrities such as
Henry Kissinger
,
Lech Walesa
,
Willy Brandt
,
Federico Fellini
,
Golda Meir
,
Deng Xiaoping
and
Sean Connery
. She was the first woman from a Western county, who was allowed to interview
Ayatollah Khomeini
.
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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