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24 August 2020 Arrigo Levi, journalist, writer, TV presenter, died tonight in his Roman home, was 94 years old. He was born in Modena on 17 July 1926. He had returned home after a long hospitalization due to age-related problems: in the hospital when he heard the end approaching he sang the hymn of Israel and a Modenese nursery rhyme, probably linked to his childhood. Among his many prestigious positions he was director of La Stampa and columnist of Corriere della sera. The funeral will be privately held in Modena in the coming days. The news of his disappearance was given by "la Stampa".

Its history and a long career
Arrigo Levi belonged to a family of the Jewish community of Modena. In 1942 he moved with his parents to Argentina to escape the persecution of the racial laws. Here he approaches journalism by collaborating in Buenos Aires, with the newspaper "L'Italia Libera" of the Action Party. Returning with his family to Italy immediately after the war, Levi graduated in Philosophy and worked in the "Democratic Unit", a newspaper directed by Guglielmo Zucconi.

His correspondence
He moved to Israel, where he volunteered in the Negev brigades and participated in the first Arab-Israeli war, writing correspondence from the conflict for the newspapers Liberta 'and Gazzetta di Modena and for the socialist magazine Critica Sociale directed by Ugo Guido Mondolfo . Back in Italy, he moved to London, where he worked on the "Radio Londra" program at the BBC. Then he was a correspondent for the Turin daily "Gazzetta del Popolo" and for the daily "Corriere d'Informazione", the afternoon edition of the "Corriere della Sera". In 1960 he moved to Moscow. Here, until 1962, he was a correspondent for Corriere della Sera and then, until 1966, he was a correspondent for Il Giorno.

The Rai newscast
In 1966 he moved to Rai, where he conducted the news program until 1968: a novelty for the time because the news was previously read by a speaker and not by a professional journalist. Since 1969 Levi has worked at the Turin press first as a correspondent and then as director. From 1979 to 1983 he collaborated with the Times, editing the international problems column. In 1988 he became chief editor of the Corriere della Sera.

His proximity to Ciampi and Napolitano
From 1998 to May 15, 2013 he was Councilor for External Relations at the Quirinale, first with Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and then with Giorgio Napolitano.

His programs for Rai
The name of Levi is linked to many programs edited for Rai, such as Tam Tam (1981), Point seven and Point seven, one life. He also worked for Canale 5, leading the Tivù Tivù program with Angelo Campanella (from 1987 to 1988). Then his return to Rai with the broadcasts Days of Childhood (1993), Emozioni Tv (1995) and The Kremlin Archives (1997), of which he was also the author. In 1999, on Raiuno, he hosted Once upon a time in Russia.