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Letizia Battaglia

Letizia Battaglia was an Italian journalist, politician, photographer, publisher, photojournalist and film screenwriter (1935–2022). She was born at Palermo.

Letizia Battaglia in brief

Born
1935
Died
2022
Known for
journalist,politician,photographer,publisher,photojournalist,film screenwriter,actress
Place of birth
Palermo

Overview

Recorded at birth as Maria Letizia Battaglia.

Born at Palermo in 1935, died at Palermo in 2022.

Identity and origins

Letizia Battaglia was recorded at birth as Maria Letizia Battaglia. Her recorded language was Italian.

She married Franco Stagnitta. 3 children are recorded: Patrizia Stagnitta, Cinzia Stagnitta and Shobha Battaglia.

Recognition and collections

Letizia Battaglia received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize and Eugene Smith Award. Work by Letizia Battaglia is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1980 to 2003.

Due o tre cose che so di lei. La strada, la lotta, l'amore. Mi prendo il mondo ovunque sia. Volare alto, volare basso. Diario. 8 marzo 1990, dated 1990. Chroniques siciliennes, dated 1989. Letizia Battaglia, dated 2003. Passion, justice, freedom, dated 1999. Triplice omicidio in Piazza Sant' Oliva (Triple murder in Piazza Sant' Oliva), dated 1982, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.334. La bambina e il buio (The little girl and the darkness), dated 1980, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.332. Segesta, dated 1986, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.333.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Letizia Battaglia, Profiles in Journalistic Courage, 2018. Testimony Letizia Battaglia, Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature, 2008. Modos de fotografiar tras Guerrilla Girls: Letizia Battaglia y Herbert List, Periferica, 2023. Letizia Battaglia (1935-2022) archiviste de sang face à la mafia, Beaux-Arts Magazine, 2024. Letizia Battaglia,les images contre la mafia (1935-2022), Cahiers d'études romanes, 2022. Letizia Battaglia,les images contre la mafia (1935-2022), Cahiers d’Études Romanes, 2022.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Italian.

Employment is recorded with L'Ora, Le Ore and ABC. Positions recorded include member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and assessor of a place in Italy.

Work by Letizia Battaglia is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Dr. Erich Salomon Prize and Eugene Smith Award.

Chronology

  1. 1935Letizia Battaglia born at Palermo.
  2. 19908 marzo 1990.
  3. 2022Letizia Battaglia died at Palermo.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Letizia Battaglia”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q467911: Letizia Battaglia

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