Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

Marquis Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Feltrinelli in the late 1960s
Born	(1926-06-19)19 June 1926 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died	14 March 1972(1972-03-14) (aged 45) Segrate, Lombardy, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	"Osvaldo"
Occupation(s)	Businessman, political activist
Years active	1945–1972
Known for	European translations of Doctor Zhivago; publishing Lampedusa's The Leopard; founding Italy's biggest chain of bookstores; articles anticipating a fascist coup in Italy;[1] patronage of left wing terrorist groups
Political party	Italian Socialist Party Italian Communist Party (1945–1958, lapsed) Gruppi di Azione Partigiana (Partisan Action Groups, 1970–1972)
Spouses	Bianca dalle Nogare ​ ​ (m. 1947⁠–⁠1956)​ Alessandra de Stefani ​ ​ (m. 1956⁠–⁠1964)​ Inge Schönthal ​ (m. 1960⁠–⁠1969)​ Sibilla Melega ​ (m. 1969⁠–⁠1972)​ [2]
Children	Carlo Fitzgerald Feltrinelli (1962–)
Military career
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch	Italian Co-belligerent Army
Years of service	1944–1945
Rank	Soldier
Unit	"Legnano" Combatant Group
Battles/wars	Italian Civil War

Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (Italian: [dʒanˈdʒaːkomo feltriˈnɛlli]; 19 June 1926 – 14 March 1972) was an influential Italian publisher, businessman, and political activist who was active in the period between the Second World War and Italy's Years of Lead. He founded a vast library of documents mainly in the history of international labour and socialist movements.

Feltrinelli is perhaps most famous for his decision to translate and publish Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago in the West after the manuscript was smuggled out of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. He died violently under mysterious circumstances in 1972.