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Candido (magazine)

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Categories
  
Satirical magazine

Publisher
  
Rizzoli

Final issue
  
1961

Frequency
  
Weekly

Year founded
  
1945

Country
  
Italy

Candido (magazine)

Candido was an Italian language satirical magazine published in Milan, Italy, between 1945 and 1961.

History and profile

Candido was started in 1945. The magazine, published on a weekly basis, was cofounded by Giovannino Guareschi, Giaci Mondaini and Giovanni Mosca on the request of the Italian publisher Angelo Rizzoli. Giovannino Guareschi also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and he resigned from the post in 1957. However, he continued to contribute to the weekly.

The magazine had a monarchist stance. Its headquarters was in Milan. Candido ceased publication in 1961.

References

Candido (magazine) Wikipedia