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Franca Sozzani was born on 20 January, 1950 in Mantua, Italy, is an Italian journalist (1950–2016). Discover Franca Sozzani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Magazine editor
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 20 January, 1950
Birthday 20 January
Birthplace Mantua, Italy
Date of death 22 December, 2016
Died Place Milan, Italy
Nationality Ytaly

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Children Francesco Carrozzini

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1950

Franca Sozzani (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.

Sozzani was born and grew up in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy.

1973

She studied Germanic languages and literature and philosophy at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, graduating in 1973.

She married at the age of 20; the union was dissolved three months later.

1976

Sozzani's career began as an assistant at the children's fashion magazine Vogue Bambini in 1976.

1980

She directed the publications Lei beginning in 1980 and Per Lui starting in 1982 before heading up Vogue Italia in 1988.

1982

Sozzani had one son, Francesco Carrozzini (born 1982), a photographer and director.

Her sister, Carla Sozzani, is the owner of 10 Corso Como, a Milan photography gallery and store.

Sozzani's niece, Sara Maino, is an editor at Italian Vogue.

1990

In the 1990s, Sozzani helped create the phenomenon of the supermodel with one of her closest long-term collaborators, Steven Meisel.

She also championed a group of photographers including Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, and Paolo Roversi, Michel Comte giving them complete freedom to choose models and subjects, and encouraging them to experiment with their work.

1994

She was appointed editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Italia in 1994.

2006

In 2006, she became editor of Vogue l'Uomo and in February 2011, she launched Vogue Curvy, staffed by plus-size bloggers who offer fashion tips for the full-figured.

2010

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.

As well as her editorial writing, Sozzani also wrote photography and art books among them "British Artists at Work" with photographer Amanda Eliasch.

Sozzani provided text for exhibition catalogues, often collaborating with other writers, journalists and artists on publications.

Sozzani was known for including topics and issues in her magazine which other fashion publications avoided, such as domestic violence, drug abuse and recovery, and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010.

Issues of her magazine included "The Black Issue" (which featured only models of colour), "Makeover" (discussing plastic surgery) and "Rebranding Africa".

Sozzani collaborated with artists Maurizio Cattelan and Vanessa Beecroft on exhibits and performances.

She also curated several exhibitions and retrospectives, including: 30 Years of Italian Vogue (Mario Testino), Vietnam Story and My Own Story in Vogue (Bruce Weber), Women (Peter Lindbergh), and Portraits of Elegance (Milan Triennale), as well as Francesco Scavullo.

2012

In 2012, Sozzani was awarded the Legion of Honour by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

The same year she became a United Nations Goodwill ambassador.

2013

In addition, she worked with the AIDS organisation Convivo and from March 2013 she was the president of the European Institute of Oncology Foundation.

2014

In 2014, she was named a global ambassador against hunger for the United Nations’ World Food Programme and received the Swarovski Fashion Award for Positive Change in 2016.

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.

2015

In September 2015, she took over editorship of Vogue Sposa and Vogue Bambini.

2016

Sozzani died of lung cancer on 22 December 2016, at the age of 66.

2017

A Catholic memorial service was held for Sozzani on 17 February 2017 in Milan.