Benedetta Tobagi

journalist and author

Benedetta Tobagi was born in Milan in 1977. She holds a degree in philosophy and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Bristol and continues to work on the history of terrorism and mass killings. She has been a radio host for Rai and collaborates with la Repubblica. From 2012 to 2015, she was a member of Rai’s board of directors.

She is involved in educational projects and teacher training on the history of the 1970s and terrorism through the Rete degli archivi per non dimenticare (Network of Archives for Remembrance).

For Einaudi, she has published Come mi batte forte il tuo cuore. Storia di mio padre (2009 and 2011), Una stella incoronata di buio. Storia di una strage (2013 and 2019), Piazza Fontana. Il processo impossibile (2019), La Resistenza delle donne (2022, winner of the Premio Campiello), Segreti e lacune. Le stragi tra servizi segreti, magistratura e governo (2023), and, with Paola Agosti, Covando un mondo nuovo. Viaggio tra le donne degli anni Settanta (2024).

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