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Candido
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherRizzoli
Founded1945
Final issue1961
CountryItaly
Based inMilan
LanguageItalian

Candido was a satirical magazine published in Milan, Italy, between 1945 and 1961. It was cofounded and edited by Giovannino Guareschi.

History and profile

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Giovannino Guareschi reading Candido

Candido was started in 1945 as a successor of another satirical magazine Bertoldo.[1][2][3] It was cofounded by Giovannino Guareschi, Giaci Mondaini and Giovanni Mosca on the request of the Italian publisher Angelo Rizzoli.[4][5] The magazine was published on a weekly basis,[6] and its headquarters was in Milan.[1][7] Giovannino Guareschi also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and resigned from the post in 1957.[8] However, he continued to contribute to the weekly.[6] In the period 1952–1953 Candido sold 180,000–200,000 copies.[9] Later its circulation reached 225,000 copies.[3]

The magazine had a monarchist and moderately conservative stance.[3][6] For the magazine editors Catholics and communists were in continuous and inflexible opposition.[10] It frequently published cartoons featuring the major political figures of the period, including Christian democrat Alcide De Gasperi and communist Palmiro Togliatti.[11] Candido ceased publication in 1961.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Roy P. Domenico; Mark Y. Hanley, eds. (2006). Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-313-32362-1.
  2. ^ "Guareschi". Life. 10 November 1952. p. 120. ISSN 0024-3019.
  3. ^ a b c Dario Pasquini (2020). "Longing for Purity: Fascism and Nazism in the Italian and German Satirical Press (1943/1945–1963)". European History Quarterly. 50 (3): 468. doi:10.1177/0265691420932251. S2CID 221015170.
  4. ^ "Giovannino Guareschi". RCS Libri (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ Alan R. Perry (Winter 2009). ""C'era una volta la prigionia": Guareschi's Resistance in the "Favola di Natale"". Italica. 86 (4): 623–650. JSTOR 20750655.  – via Jstor (subscription required)
  6. ^ a b c "My father Giovannino". Rina Brundu. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Don Camillo". Detecs. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ^ Giovannino Guareschi (2014). "Gri irregolari: An unorthodox couple". In Maria Cristina Cignatta (ed.). Face to Face/Faccia a Faccia. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-4438-5918-9.
  9. ^ Mitchell V. Charnley (September 1953). "The Rise of the Weekly Magazine in Italy". Journalism Quarterly. 30 (4): 477. doi:10.1177/107769905303000405. S2CID 191530801.
  10. ^ Daniela Saresella (July 2014). "The Dialogue between Catholics and Communists in Italy during the 1960s". Journal of the History of Ideas. 75 (3): 495. doi:10.1353/jhi.2014.0021. JSTOR 43289678.
  11. ^ Marzia Marsili (1998). "De Gasperi and Togliatti: political leadership and personality cults in post-war Italy". Modern Italy. 3 (2): 249–261. doi:10.1080/13532949808454807. S2CID 143996743.
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