Ernesto Assante (12 February 1958 – 26 February 2024) was an Italian music critic, essayist and journalist. He has been described as 'a prophet of contemporary journalism back in the 1990s'.[1]
Ernesto Assante | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1958 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 26 February 2024 (aged 66) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Music critic |
Life and career
editBorn in Naples, Assante started his career as a collaborator of some Roman private radios and as a music journalist for the newspapers Quotidiano dei lavoratori and Il manifesto.[2][3] Starting from 1978, he was a long-time collaborator of La Repubblica, for which he served as editor-in-chief, and also founded its official website repubblica.it and directed the Kataweb portal.[2]
Later, he collaborated with numerous publications, notably Rolling Stone, L'Espresso and Rockol,[4] wrote numerous books, and was also a radio and television writer and occasional presenter, a festival artistic director, and a lecturer at the Sapienza University of Rome.[2][3]
Assante died of heart attack on 26 February 2024, at the age of 66.[2]
References
edit- ^ Niola, Gabriele (27 February 2024). "Ernesto Assante è stato il profeta di un nuovo modo di essere giornalisti". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Laffranchi, Andrea (26 February 2024). "Morto Ernesto Assante: dalla fine degli anni 70 raccontava con passione rock e tecnologia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Assante, Ernesto". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Giraud, Claudia (27 February 2024). "Morto il giornalista musicale Ernesto Assante". arTribune (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
