BERTELLI, Luigi [VAMBA] (Firenze, 1860 - Firenze, 1920)Lettera autografa inviata a Luigi Lodi

Luigi Bertelli, (Vamba, Florence, 1860 - Florence, 1920) began contributing to the Roman daily newspaper Capitan Fracassa in 1884. From 1893 to 1899, he contributed to Il Don Chisciotte di Roma, which merged with Fanfulla in 1899 to form the daily newspaper Il Giorno (1899-1901), to which Bertelli contributed his famous soldiers. In 1906, he founded and edited Il Giornalino della Domenica in Florence, a weekly published by Bemporad that would bring him lasting fame. Between 1907 and 1908, he published Il giornalino di Gianburrasca in instalments, which was then published in book form in 1912. Il Giornalino lasted until 23 July 1911, when it was no longer able to compete with Corriere dei Piccoli.

Luigi Lodi (Crevalcore, 1856 – Rome, 1933) was an Italian journalist, heated debater and animator of Roman literary and political life between the 19th and 20th centuries.
While still a student in Bologna, he began contributing to various newspapers. At the editorial office of La Voce del Popolo, he met Giosuè Carducci, with whom he established a long friendship. In 1877, he graduated with a degree in law.
In 1883, he moved to Rome, where, thanks to Carducci's introductions, he came into contact with the editorial staff of Capitan Fracassa and later with Angelo Sommaruga, who entrusted him with the position of editor of Domenica Letteraria, in whose pages he became the protagonist of a memorable controversy when he defended Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose verses (from "Intermezzo di rime") had been accused of obscenity. He then began collaborating with Capitan Fracassa under the pseudonym Il Saraceno.
While working at Capitan Fracassa, he met Matilde Serao, with whom he had a brief and troubled relationship, and Olga Ossani (a journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Febea), who became his wife in 1885.
Together they subsequently launched several publishing initiatives, such as "Don Chisciotte della Mancia" (together with Luigi Arnaldo Vassallo), Nuova Rassegna, and Don Chisciotte di Roma, which later merged with Il Fanfulla to create Il Giorno, a liberal daily newspaper with an innovative graphic design that featured colour printing for the first time.
In the final years of his journalistic career, he joined Giornale d'Italia, edited by AlbertoBergamini.
Lodi is also remembered for two books: "Venticinque anni di vita parlamentare, da Pelloux a Mussolini" (Twenty-five years of parliamentary life, from Pelloux to Mussolini), published in 1923, and "Giornalisti" (Journalists), published in 1930.