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THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT ALSO TO LOOK AT KIP FENN, A MAJOR NOVEL ABOUT THE 21st CENTURY - freely available on this site Guareschi, Giovanni ___ 1908-1968 ___ Italian ___ writer BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY Guareschi was born in Fontanelle di Roccabianca, near Parma, into a middle-class family. After an unsuccessful stint at the local university he worked as a doorman at a sugar refinery, but then found his niche in writing for a local newspaper. In 1929 he became editor of 'Corriere Emiliano', a satirical magazine, and between 1936 and 1943 he was chief editor of 'Bertoldo', a similar publication. During the Second World War, he was a critic of the Mussolini government, but joined the army (to avoid prosecution), and trained as an artillery officer. After Italy signed its armistice with the Allies, Guareschi, stationed on the Eastern front, was imprisoned by the Germans in Poland for three years alongside other Italian soldiers. He wrote about this time in 'My Secret Diary'. Subsequently, he returned to Italy and was a cofounder of 'Candido', a satirical magazine, which he edited until 1957 (apart from a short spell in prison for libel). However, Guareschi is most warmly remembered for his novels, in particular those featuring Don Camillo, the stubborn Catholic priest, who is constantly in trouble with the local communist mayor Peppone. One biography link DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS 1943-1945 ___ literary prison WEB TEXT LINKS about and good extracts ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS SOME PUBLISHED TITLES My Secret Diary 1943-1945 November 2005 THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS Please email if you have any corrections, additions or comments.

IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.

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