Alberto Ongaro

Alberto Ongaro (22 August 1925 – 23 March 2018), also known by his pseudonym Alfredo Nogara, was an Italian journalist, writer and comics writer.
Biography.
Born in Venice, Italy, he lived for a long time in South America and England, before returning to Venice in 1979.
A friend and collaborator of Hugo Pratt, he also worked for "Il Corriere dei Piccoli". As a journalist, he was a foreign correspondent of "L'Europeo", and he also wrote historical and adventure books, including "La taverna del doge Loredan" (1980), "La partita" (1986) and "Il ponte della solita ora" (2006). Ongaro died in Venice on 23 March 2018, aged 92.