Giulio Einaudi

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Giulio Einaudi (January 2, 1912 - April 5, 1999) is one of the most important publishers in Italian history.

[edit] Biography

Giulio Einaudi was born in Dogliani (Province of Cuneo) in 1912, the son of Luigi Einaudi, future president of the Italian Republic, and his wife Ida.

He attended the Massimo d'Azeglio liceo classico, and became a student of noted anti-fascist Augusto Monti.

On November 15, 1933 he founded his own publishing house, Giulio Einaudi Editore, located on the third floor of Via Arcivescovado 7 in Turin (the same building that had hosted Antonio Gramsci's Ordine Nuovo). After working 64 years in the publishing business, he retired on September 4, 1997, aged 85.

Giulio Einaudi died in 1999, aged 87.