Anna Maria Mussolini
{{short description|Italian radio presenter and Benito Mussolini's daughter (1929–1968)}}
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|name = Anna Maria Mussolini
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|birth_name = Anna Maria Mussolini
|birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Forlì, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy
|death_date = {{death date and age |1968|4|26|1929|9|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Rome, Italy
|father = Benito Mussolini
|mother = Rachele Guidi
|family = Mussolini family
|spouse = {{marriage|Giuseppe Negri|1960}}
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Anna Maria Mussolini (3 September 1929 – 25 April 1968){{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=awTqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anna+Maria+Mussolini%22|title = Les Italiens de Paris: de Chirico e gli altri a Parigi nel 1930| isbn=978-88-8118-368-5 | last1=Dell'Arco |first1=Maurizio Fagiolo |author-link1=:it:Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco |last2=Ferrari |first2=Claudia Gian |date=25 April 1998 | publisher=Skira }} was an Italian radio presenter. She was the fifth child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi.
Biography
Anna Maria Mussolini is the last-born child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi,Antonio Spinosa, Edda: una tragedia italiana, Mondadori, Milan, 1993 ("Oscar storia", 268). ISBN 9788804499817 born on September 3, 1929, at Villa Carpena in Forlì. Her early years were marked by tragedy when she was afflicted with severe polio at the age of seven, causing permanent disabilities and deeply affecting her father.{{Cite web|url = http://www.lusern.it/it/rassegna-stampa/dar-foldjo/?IDAP=4429|title = Mussolini, Rachele e quel piccolo fiore}} Raised in the opulence of Villa Torlonia in Rome, her family's primary residence, her childhood took a tumultuous turn with her father's arrest in 1943, leading to confinement with her mother and brother Romano at Rocca delle Caminate.
In the aftermath of Mussolini's fall from power, Anna Maria, alongside her mother and brother, attempted to flee to Switzerland in April 1945 but was turned back at the Chiasso border.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_C-D5rhytk|title=Benito Mussolini, mio padre|website=YouTube }} Their subsequent journey, marked by temporary refuge in Como and eventual arrest by the National Liberation Committee, ended in internment at various locations before exile on the Island of Ischia.Maria Scicolone, A tavola con il duce: ricette e racconti inediti di casa Mussolini, Gremese, Rome, 2004, ISBN 8884403243
Post-war, Anna Maria distanced herself from politics and embarked on a career in radio broadcasting at RAI in the 1960s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/rimini/news-forli-23483-famiglia-mussolini-denuncia-rai-sindaco-predappio-anpi-html-FHCR22465|title=La famiglia Mussolini denuncia Rai, sindaco di Predappio e Anpi}} Using her husband's surname, she hosted a popular radio program, "Rotocalco musicale," showcasing notable personalities from the entertainment and music worlds. However, her anonymity was shattered when her true identity was revealed, leading to controversy and dismissal from her position.{{cite web|url=https://portaledelfascismo.altervista.org/anna-maria-piccolo-fiore-mussolini/|title=Anna Maria, il "piccolo fiore" di Mussolini}}
Later, Anna Maria met presenter Giuseppe Negri (known as "Nando Pucci") in Cortina D'Ampezzo on New Year's Eve between 1959 and 1960. They married on June 11, 1960,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAQiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Anna+Maria+Mussolini%22 |title=La grande illusione. I nostri anni Sessanta |author=Marta Boneschi |author-link=:it:Marta Boneschi |date=25 April 1996 |publisher=Mondadori |isbn=978-88-04-41775-0 |editor=Mondadori}} ("Le Scie").{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4EZorh4S88|title = Il matrimonio tra Anna Maria Mussolini e Giuseppe Negri. La Settimana Incom 01934 del 16 giugno 1960| website=YouTube }} and had two daughters named Silvia (1961) and Edda Negri Mussolini (1963), the latter later serving as mayor of Gemmano from 2009 to 2012.
Anna Maria faced health challenges in later years, undergoing surgery for breast cancer in 1966 and died of complications from chickenpox and endocarditis on April 25, 1968, at the age of 38.{{Cite web|url = http://www.mirorenzaglia.org/?p=1855|title = Recensioni. L'ultima figlia del duce...|author = Susanna Dolci}}
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She was buried alongside her father and siblings in the crypt of the Predappio cemetery. In 2008, her childhood writings and personal diary (dated 1942) were published, offering insight into her early life.{{cite web|url = https://mondointasca.it/2009/03/05/anna-maria-mussolini-lultima-figlia-del-duce/|author = Pietro Ricciardi|title = Anna Maria Mussolini, l'ultima figlia del Duce}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |author-link=:it:Vittorio Mussolini |date=1973 |first=Vittorio |last=Mussolini |location=New York |publisher=Dial Press |title=Mussolini: the tragic women in his life |url=https://archive.org/details/mussolinitragicw00muss}}
- {{Cite book|title= Anna Maria Mussolini| surname =Silvagni|isbn = 978-8842537465| editor = Rubbettino| year =2010}}
- {{Cite book|surname = Spinosa|editor = Rizzoli Editore|year = 1983|title = I figli del Duce|isbn = 9788817115193}}
- {{Cite book |first=Lorenzo |last=Baratter |author-link=:it:Lorenzo Baratter |title=Anna Maria Mussolini: L'ultima figlia del Duce|editor = Mursia|year = 2008|isbn = 9788842537465}}
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