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Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist (–)

Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (Italian:[dʒovanˈniːnoɡwaˈreski]; 1 May – 22 July ) was an Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo.

Life and career

Guareschi was born into a middle-class family in Fontanelle di Roccabianca, in the province of Parma, in ^[1] He always joked about the fact that he, a big man, was baptized Giovannino, a name meaning "little John" or "Johnny".

In , his family went bankrupt and he could not continue his studies at the University of Parma. After working at various minor jobs, he started to write for a local newspaper, the Gazzetta di Parma.^[2] In , he became editor of the satirical magazine Corriere Emiliano, and from to was the chief editor of a similar magazine called Bertoldo.^[1]

In , Guareschi was drafted into the army, which apparently helped him to avoid trouble w