Angelo Rizzoli

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Angelo Rizzoli (born October 31, 1889 in Milan - died September 24, 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer.

Raised in poverty, and orphaned at a young age, Rizzoli rose to prosperity. He apprenticed in the printer trade, and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties. In 1927, he acquired Novella magazine from the Mondadori, a bi-weekly primarily for women, that reached a circulation of 130,000. After his initial purchase, he added several new publications, including Annabella, Bertoldo, Candido, Omnibus, and Oggi e L'Europeo. Rizzoli started to publish books, including both classics and popular novels IN 1949. In 1954, he purchase Cartiera di Lama di Reno, which became the foundation for what would become an Italian publishing empire. His operations were moved in 1960 to a complex on Via Civitavecchia in Milan.

Rizzoli was active in film, and his production house worked closely with Federico Fellini on the films 8 1/2 or "Otto e Mezzollini") and The Sweet Life (or "La Dolce Vita"). In the 1960's, Rizzoli opened the original Rizzoli International Bookstore in New York, a store on Fifth Avenue, designed by New York City architect Ferdinand Gottlieb. The bookstore was featured in Hollywood films, most notably Woody Allen's film, Manhattan and a Robert DeNiro/Meryl Streep film, [[Falling in Love

Rizzoli married Anna Marzorati, with whom he had two children: Angelo and Giuseppina. Rizzoli died at age 81.