Mario Pirani Coen (August 3, 1925-April 18, 2015) was an Italian journalist, economist, and writer.

Biography

Born in Rome, he became a member of the Association of Journalists of Lazio in January 1958. Politically closed to the Italian Communist Party, he left it after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. He later became ffficer of Eni.

After the experiences with Patrol, Il Giorno and Il Globo, he participated, together with Eugenio Scalfari, to the foundation ofla Repubblica, a newspaper that became one of the first in Italy. He became the Deputy Director, with Gianni Rocca andGiampaolo Pansa. He was also editor of L'Europeo from 1979 to 1980, succeeding Giovanni Valentini. In 1995 he won thePremiolino.

Works

• The charm of Nazism. The case Jenninger: a controversy about the history, Il Mulino, 1989, pp. 157, ISBN 88-15-02337-2.
• The future of the economy seen by leading Italian economists, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1993, pp. 229, ISBN 88-04-36582-X.
• You broke the third world war? Democracies between pacifism and defense, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2004, pp. 302,ISBN 88-04-54624-7.
• It could be worse. Half a century of reasonable illusions, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2010, pp. 430, ISBN 88-04-59360-1