Gianni Min� is an Italian journalist, writer and television host. He has collaborated with both Italian and foreign newspapers and magazines; produced hundreds of reports for the Radiotelevisione Italiana; designed and presented television programs, as well as produced successful documentary films on the lives of Che Guevara, Muhammad Ali, Fidel Castro, Rigoberta Mench�, Silvia Baraldini, Subcomandante Marcos, and Diego Maradona. Min� is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Latinoamerica e tutti i sud del mondo as well as director of the book series Continente desaparecido published by Sperling & Kupfer. This series focuses on the Latin American world and its authors. Min� has published many books on Latin America. In 2003 Min� was elected to the assembly of the Societ� Italiana Autori ed Editori and was a member of the committee that designs and produces Vivaverdi, the journal of Italian authors. In 2007 Min� received the Kamera Prize at the Berlin Film Festival for his lifetime's work. This is the most prestigious award given to documentarists. 

May 17th, 1938 in Turin (Age 85)