Franco Scaglia

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|3|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Camogli, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|7|6|1944|3|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Writer

| spouse = Mascia Musy

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Franco Scaglia (27 March 1944 – 6 July 2015) was an Italian writer and journalist.

Biography

Born in Camogli, the son of the conductor Ferruccio, Scaglia started his career as a journalist, collaborating with the newspapers Il Messaggero, L'Unità, Il Tempo, Il Piccolo and Avanti!, among others.{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=E' morto Franco Scaglia, una vita tra Rai e teatro|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2015/07/06/news/e_morto_franco_scaglia_una_vita_tra_rai_e_teatro-118461223/|accessdate=26 July 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=7 July 2015}} For over forty years he worked for RAI, notably being president of RAI Cinema between 2004 and 2013.{{cite news|last1=Cinzia Romani|title=Addio a Franco Scaglia, scrittore e uomo di teatro|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/spettacoli/addio-franco-scaglia-scrittore-e-uomo-teatro-1149083.html|accessdate=26 July 2015|work=Il Giornale|date=7 July 2015}}

Scaglia was also a novelist, and among other things he wrote a cycle of novels about the adventures of a Franciscan friar, Padre Matteo (Father Matthew); the first novel of the series, Il custode dell'acqua, earned him the Campiello prize in 2002. During his varied career, he was also an essayist, an author of fables, a translator, a producer, a documentarist, a playwright, as well as a radio and television writer.