Franco Bomprezzi

{{short description|Italian journalist and writer}}

Franco Bomprezzi (1 August 1952 – 18 December 2014) was an Italian journalist and writer.

Born in Florence, Bomprezzi was born with osteogenesis imperfecta.{{cite news|last1=Redazione Milano online|title=Addio a Franco Bomprezzi, Renzi: "Gli dedico riforma Terzo Settore"|url=http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/14_dicembre_18/morto-franco-bomprezzi-paladino-difesa-disabili-714c8de6-86a2-11e4-bef5-43c0549a5a23.shtml|accessdate=29 December 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=18 December 2014}}[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:RkfLoJZKArMJ:sos-teniamoci.pbworks.com/f/Tesina%2Bin%2BCL-%2BOsteogenesi.doc+%22franco+bomprezzi%22+osteogenesi&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgnf-Kj20wOU-qWXtJ5JI1MjEzMQlYgZKpMDyiY-1cCWd20Or4MRNHGbD4a48yqBPA90p0QIkL6wW5GPkVb1pmfNROCsOHUzYkEQ1B-QLYpLBIOm0nlMrmShhrhu9F3D1B3KzJc Tesina in CL] Among other things, he was also chief editor for RAI, he worked for the newspapers Mattino di Padova" and Il Resto del Carlino, and was director of the journal DM and of the magazine Mobilità. He appeared in the short-film Solo Cinque Minuti or Just Five Minutes with Valeria Golino.[http://www.filmitalia.org/film.asp?lang=ing&documentID=43016 Film Italia] He was a member of Vodafone Italia Foundation's scientific committee[http://www-pp.vodafone.com/content/index/media/local_press_releases/italy/2008/six_authors_to_mark.html Vodafone site] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412035542/http://www-pp.vodafone.com/content/index/media/local_press_releases/italy/2008/six_authors_to_mark.html |date=2013-04-12 }} and spokesman of the Ledha-League for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He received the Order of Merit in 2007.[http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=242238 Quirinale]