Biography

Born in Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, he lived for a long time in South America and England, before returning to his birth city in 1979.

A friend and collaborator of Hugo Pratt

Hugo Pratt

Hugo Eugenio Pratt was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese...

, he also worked for Il Corriere dei Piccoli. As a journalist, he has been a foreign correspondent of L'Europeo

L'Europeo

L'Europeo was a prominent Italian weekly news magazine launched on November 4, 1945, by the founder-editors Gianni Mazzocchi and Arrigo Benedetti. The magazine stopped publication in 1995.-Orientation:...

, and he also wrote historical and adventure books, including La taverna del doge Loredan (1980), La partita (1986) and the latest Il ponte della solita ora (2006).

External links

• Interview with Alberto Ongaro