author
Luigi Barzini
1874–1947
A pioneering Italian reporter who turned foreign correspondence into high drama, he became famous for vivid dispatches from wars, expeditions, and major world events. His writing helped shape modern journalism in Italy and carried his reputation far beyond its borders.
5 Audiobooks
L'Argentina vista come è
by Luigi Barzini
Van Peking naar Parijs per auto De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908
by Luigi Barzini, Scipione Borghese
Al fronte (maggio-ottobre 1915)
by Luigi Barzini
The Little Match Man
by Luigi Barzini
About the author
Born in Orvieto on February 7, 1874, Luigi Barzini became one of Italy’s best-known journalists and writers of the early 20th century. Treccani describes him as the first great Italian traveling reporter, and his long association with Corriere della Sera made him widely recognized for lively, sharply observed reporting from around the world.
He began his journalism career in the late 1890s and rose quickly after being noticed by editor Luigi Albertini. Reporting for Corriere della Sera, he covered major international events including the Boxer expedition in China, and he built a reputation as a brilliant war correspondent whose articles were energetic, colorful, and accessible to a broad public.
Barzini later worked in the United States and also had a political career, becoming a senator. He died in Milan on September 6, 1947. Today he is remembered above all as a pioneering foreign correspondent whose fast-moving, vivid style helped define modern Italian reportage.