Born in
Rome, an orphan of war, Forcella graduated at the Vittorio Emanuele II National Boarding School in Rome benefiting from a free post provided for deserving students. During the
World War II Forcella joined the
Action Party and he started his career as a journalist in the newspaper
Italia socialista. From 1950 to 1959 he was the Rome correspondent for the newspaper
La Stampa, and later he collaborated with several publications, including the magazine
Il Mondo and the newspapers
Il Giorno and
La Repubblica. Since its first experimental broadcasts until 1976, he was also a longtime collaborator of
RAI, and he was director of
Radio Tre between 1976 and 1985. Also active as an essayist and a historian, in 1975 Forcella won the
Bagutta Prize for his book
Celebrazione di un trentennio. He also was scriptwriter of
Francesco Rosi's award-winning film
Hands over the City. From 1985 to 1992, Forcella was a member of the municipal council of Rome, and between 1989 and 1992 he served as deputy mayor and councillor for transparency in the
Carraro council. == References ==