"Cappello degli alpini" by Alfio Caruso

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Ended:November 29th 2018, 4:00am EST

Winner: robimasche

€850($907 USD)

Charity percentage

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The Prize

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Wooden sculpture of Italian Army Alpini trooper's hat by Alfio Caruso.

Alfio Caruso is an Italian writer.

Following his collaboration with the newspaper La Sicilia, in 1972 Caruso was hired by Piero Ottone at Corriere della Sera. In 1974 he accepted Indro Montanelli's invitation to become the youngest of the 54 founders of Il Giornale newspaper. In the eighties he returned to worked at Corriere and Gazzetta dello Sport (where he was reunited with his first teacher, Candido Cannavò), as Editor-in-Chief and Vice-Director respectively.

In 1995 he was appointed Co-Director of Il Messaggero by Giulio Anselmi, and in 1996 he become Editorial Director of the Nazione - Resto del Carlino - Giorno group. In 2000 he founded and became director of Og newspaper, which lasted just one month. He later collaborated with L'Espresso, La Stampa and Il Corriere della Sera. In 2011 he resigned from the Order of Journalists.

Alongside his journalistic career, he has enjoyed a literary career, writing thrillers and essays on Italian history and the mafia. He has published his works with Sei, Feltrinelli, Leonardo, Rizzoli, Longanesi, Salani, Einaudi and Neri Pozza.

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The Cause

The Benedetta D'Intino Center was founded in 1994 from the dream of Cristina Mondadori in memory of her granddaughter Benedetta, who passed away prematurely. Thanks to a multidisciplinary team made up of 20 professionals, every year it assists more than 300 children and young people with severe communication disabilities and psychological distress together with their families.

The Center operates through two sectors of clinical intervention: Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC), which deals with children with complex communication needs and which also includes a specific communication program for autism, and Psychotherapy, which follows children and families who need psychological support to deal with trauma or uncomfortable situations.

Website

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Item #L6722

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