The writer and journalist from the Vigezzo valley Benito Mazzi died at the age of 83. Over thirty books have been written, including novels, essays and short stories, many of which have also been translated abroad. He was born in Re in 1938 and he linked his life to the culture and the story, both of current events and of the past of his land.
At “Paths and thoughts” the magic of the Vigezzo valley in the memories of Benito Mazzi
Cinzia Attinà
“A great writer left us, not just a local one, he left us a man with deep roots, whose works and great qualities as a storyteller, already appreciated by a large audience, will certainly be re-evaluated in the years to come – the mayor of Santa Maria Maggiore, Claudio Cottini, remembers him moved – We lacked a friend, a councilor, a man who knew how to make the towns, stories, people and characters of a valley he loved so much known everywhere and which was the stage for his countless works ».
The young chimney sweep from Val Vigezzo who saved the life of the child king Louis XIII
Beatrice Archesso
Benito Mazzi is remembered as an engine of initiatives and events in his Vigezzo valley, from sport to culture, founder of the mountain bookshop in Santa Maria Maggiore and of the publishing house “The red and the blue” and for many years editor-in-chief of the weekly Eco Risveglio Ossolano,
The contrary myth of Luigi Malabrocca and that polenta eaten in Vigezzo during a stage of the Giro d’Italia
Arianna Tomola
