Franca Sozzani

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franca Sozzani
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1950(1950-01-20)
Age	74
Date Of Death	December 22, 2016, Milan, Italy
Birthplace	Mantua
Country	Italy
Birth City	Lombardy
Horoscope	Capricorn

Franca Sozzani Biography

Franca Sozzani is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 20, 1950 in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy. In the mid- 80s she became the the chief editor for Vogue Italia magazine. After a few years she started editing Conde Nast Italia.

She often collaborated in collaboration with multi-media artist She frequently collaborated with multimedia artist Vanessa Beecroft..

Sozzani was born and grew up in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy. She studied Germanic languages and literature and philosophy at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, graduating in 1973.

Sozzani’s career began as an assistant at the children’s fashion magazine Vogue Bambini in 1976. She directed the publications Lei beginning in 1980 and Per Lui starting in 1982 before heading up Vogue Italia in 1988.

An Italian native from Mantua, Italy, she was raised with two sisters, Carla as well as Maria. Her film director and photographer daughter, A native of Mantua, Italy, she grew up with sisters named Carla and Maria. Her photographer and film director son, Francesco Carrozzini, was born in 1982. was born in 1982.

Franca Sozzani Net Worth

Franca Sozzani is one of the richest Journalist from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franca Sozzani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 1970s, she was awarded an undergraduate degree in philosophy and literature at Mantua’s University of Mantua.

She was a part of the reason behind inventing the concept of the “supermodel.”

Franca Sozzani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋka sotˈtsaːni] ; 20 January 1950 – 22 December 2016) was an Italian journalist and the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia from 1988 until her death in 2016.

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Who is Franca Sozzani Dating?

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In 2010, Sozzani published a selection of her blog posts from the “Editor’s Notes” pages of Vogue.it as a book, I capricci della moda.

Facts & Trivia

Franca Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Franca Sozzani celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.

Sozzani contributed to a number of charitable organisations. She was a founding member of Child Priority – a non-profit organization created by Condé Nast to offer concrete study and work opportunities for those who have none despite being talented and artistically gifted. In addition, she worked with the AIDS organisation Convivo and from March 2013 she was the president of the European Institute of Oncology Foundation.

What happened to Franca Sozzani?

Franca Sozzani was 66 when she died of lung cancer , but she’d had a chance to screen her son’s film. “I always loved you,” she told him afterward.

What was Franca Sozzani known for?

Franca Sozzani held the position of editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia for 28 years, before sadly passing away in December 2016. Born in Mantua, Italy, Sozzani studied Philosophy and Germanic Literature at university. She was known for her philanthropic work and is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations.

How old is Franca Sozzani?

66 years (1950–2016)

Who is the current editor of Italian Vogue?

Biography. Emanuele Farneti is the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue. Announced in January 2017, Farneti’s appointment comes after the unexpected passing of Franca Sozzani in 2016. Most recently, Farneti was editor of GQ, a post he took on in 2015.

Who is the father of Franca Sozzani son?

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