Valentino Parlato died. Born in Tripoli, Libya, on February 7, 1931, a lifelong communist, he served in the PCI until his expulsion in 1969 and was one of the founders of Il Manifesto which made the announcement via Twitter. "For now we'll stop here, embracing his wonderful family and all his companions who, like us, knew him and loved him" the newspaper recalls him.
Of Sicilian origins, a heavy smoker – in the photos that portray him in the editorial office of the Manifesto he is always surrounded by a cloud of smoke – after his beginnings at the Unit and then at Rinascita his adventure in the Manifesto began in 69, right from the first issue with Luigi Pintor, Aldo Natoli, Luciana Castellina and Ninetta Zandegiacomi.
Valentino Parlato died.https://t.co/VyTM0GU7Rk #the poster pic.twitter.com/UcAhCPc3tD
— the manifesto (@ilmanifesto) 2 May 2017
He was its director, often even co-director according to the Manifesto's habit, many times between 1975 and 2010. In 2012 he was the last of the founders to leave the party-newspaper. He told about himself in the documentary 'Life and adventures of the Lord of Bric à Brac', written and directed by his son Matteo together with Marina Catucci and Roberto Salinas.
He has dedicated two books to the Manifesto: If thirty-five years seem few to you (Rizzoli 2006) and The non-Russian revolution. Forty years of poster history (Manni). In 2016 he declared that he had voted for Virginia Raggi, candidate for mayor of Rome for the Five Star Movement, she admitted that she had betrayed the left for the first time, hoping she was also the last.
