Adriano Sofri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adriano Sofri

Italian journalist

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1942

Place of Birth: Trieste, Friuli–Venezia Giulia

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Adriano Sofri (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian intellectual, a journalist and a writer.
The former leader of the autonomist movement Lotta Continua ("Continuous Struggle") in the 1960s, he was arrested in 1988 and sentenced to 22 years of prison, having been found guilty of instigating the murder of police officer Luigi Calabresi.
Sofri, and the others comrades convicted with him, have always proclaimed their innocence.
The charges against them rested on the testimony of a pentito ("collaborator of justice"), Leonardo Marino.
While in prison, Sofri wrote for various newspapers, such as Il Foglio, La Repubblica, and Panorama.