Italian lioness of letters Oriana Fallaci had died
September 15, 2006
September 15, 2006
A difficult schedule and several deadlines unfortunately do not allow me to drop everything and write about her. However, I will post about her as soon as I get a moment.
Ms. Fallaci was one of the world’s getting artists of letters.
She interviewed many of the world’s leaders of our time and consistently took no prisoners. Her journalistic style is the stuff of mythology and legend.
She would often wax philosophical about existentialism (which is how I first became aware of her work) and then abruptly switch to calmly delivered, in your face from outer space, aggressive questioning that disarmed the greatest men of words.
It is her interview with Henry Kissinger in 1972 which he has since stated was the worst performance he ever had with the press.
She was born June 29, 1929 and served in the fascist resistance in World War II. She began a life of journalism early in life as a teenager and went on to be a war correspondent in Vietnam and a number of the world’s hot spots.
A prolific writer with an ennui and indefatigable approach to life; she’s been shot several times, left for dead, had torrid affairs, renounced by lefties world wide and put on trial.
She never skipped a beat.
- - And I am so out of time. I’ll get back to this great lioness of letters later.
Kevin Dayhoff
