Pino Pagani

Pino Pagani (31 March 1937 – 8 December 2023) was an Italian radio host and journalist. As a radio host, he was most well known for hosting the Radio Codogno program Radio Zona Rossa (Red Zone Radio) in 2020, at the time of COVID-19, to keep residents informed and provide them with ongoing support. He is also known as a dialect poet.

Early life

He was born in 1937 in Codogno, in Fratelli Cairoli Square, in the “Medri Courtyard”. He worked at the Duco-Montecatini company in Avigliana. He later worked in the Felisi textile in Codogno, before occupying an administrative position at the civil hospital of Codogno.

Career

He was also active in social, labor syndicates and sports circles. Notably, he served as a football judge with the Lodi branch of , as president of an ACLI club, and as a regional representative for that organization. Furthermore, he represented the "Amici di Fratel Emanuel" association, which supports the San Biagio school in Statte (Puglia) and educational projects in Savoigne, located about from Saint-Louis, Senegal.

Pino Pagani had a prominent role in the cultural life of the province of Lodi and wrote for several newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, Libertà, , Giornale di Brescia, and Il Popolo Codognese.

He also worked as a broadcaster for RadioLodi, , Telelibertà, and—most notably Radio Codogno.

He died of cancer in 2023 ; ; and was buried in Monumental Cemetery of Codogno.

Awards and honours Tirinnanzi Prize, Legnano, silver medal. Antica credenza di Sant'Ambrogio Prize, 17th ediction, 2014, Milan, for prose and in the same competition, section poetry, 2nd prize.