Franca Sozzani

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Sozzani in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com

Date of Birth: 20 January, 1950

Place of Birth: Mantua, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 22 December, 2016

Place of Death: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Ethnicity: Italian

Franca Sozzani was an Italian journalist. She was editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, from 1988 to 2016, her death.

Franca was the daughter of Adelmina Rebuzzi, a housewife, and Gilberto Sozzani, an engineer. Her parents married in Suzzara, Province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.

Her sister is gallerist Carla Sozzani. She had a son, photographer and director Francesco Carrozzini, with Francesco Carrozzini.

Sources: http://ricerca.gelocal.it
http://www.cinquantamila.it
http://www.corriere.it

6 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    Gilberto Sozzani (Rome, 1904 – Milan 1993)
    Adelmina Rebuzzi (born 1912).

    Her parents married in Suzzara, Province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.

    http://ricerca.gelocal.it/gazzettadimantova/archivio/gazzettadimantova/2007/11/02/NP5PO_NP504.html

  2. andrew says:

    correction:

    she was the daughter of Gilberto Sozzani, an engineer, and Adelmina Rebuzzi, an housewife. Her parents were both Italian. The source (Corriere della Sera) is reliable:

    http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=SOZZANI+Franca

    Vincenzo Sozzani and Katia Maltzoff weren0t her parents. They had three daughters: Maria, Anna and Luisa: http://necrologie.repubblica.it/necrologi/2014/174761-sozzani-vincenzo

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