Oriana Fallaci (1929 - 2006)
The second death that leaves me wistful and saddened this week. She was such an important figure in the art of journalism - a sharply critical, compassionate, and brilliant woman, whose skills of observation we would desparately need now. Unfortunately, it seems that she, like so many others, could no longer comprehend the difficulties of our age towards the end of her life and just plain lost it. But her book on Vietnam (Niente e così sia, translated as Nothing and Amen, which is a must-read if you can find it) and her Un uomo on Alekos Panagoulis remain masterpieces of 20th-century journalism. Both had a tremendous impact on me. This woman was fierce.
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