{{Short description|Italian journalist, writer, singer and television presenter}} {{Infobox person | name =Paolo Mosca | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|10|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pallanza, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|30|1943|10|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = journalist, writer, singer}} '''Paolo Mosca''' (20 October 1943 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian journalist, writer, singer and television presenter.

Born in Pallanza, Mosca graduated in political science, and he attended the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.<ref name=bio>{{cite news|title=Morto Paolo Mosca, il giornalista e scrittore aveva 71 anni|url=http://spettacoliecultura.ilmessaggero.it/libri/paolo-mosca-morto-scrittore-giornalista-maurizio-mosca/1041397.shtml|accessdate=11 December 2014|newspaper=Il Messaggero|date=1 December 2014|archive-date=11 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211053101/http://spettacoliecultura.ilmessaggero.it/libri/paolo-mosca-morto-scrittore-giornalista-maurizio-mosca/1041397.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later started a career as a singer, and in 1964 he won the "B" section of Cantagiro with the song "La voglia dell'estate".<ref name="bio"/> In later years he dedicated himself to writing and journalism, and was director of magazines and newspapers, notably ''La Domenica del Corriere''.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=corr>{{cite news|title=Addio a Paolo Mosca, giornalista e scrittore, fratello di Maurizio|url=http://www.corriere.it/foto-gallery/cronache/14_dicembre_01/addio-paolo-mosca-giornalista-scrittore-fratello-maurizio-4dd22b10-793b-11e4-abc3-1c132dc377f5.shtml|accessdate=11 December 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

Mosca was also a playwright, and a television author and host, better known for the RAI late night show ''Il cappello sulle ventitré''.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=Grasso>Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}.</ref> He was the brother of the sport journalist Maurizio Mosca.<ref name="corr"/>

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== External links == *{{Official website}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/2066079-Paolo-Mosca Paolo Mosca] at Discogs *{{IMDb name|6550943}}

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