Tiziano Terzani .

Tiziano Terzani, was a writer and a journalist, a very  capable one, his works, books, articles etc.. had a great resonance in the world, he  was born in Florence on September 14, 1938. He graduated with honors in Law in 1962 at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa,a very popolar institute for very smart people , three years later he was sent to Japan by the company Olivetti to take some business courses, he was almost a genious in his field. 

Then he follow a Master in International Affairs at the Columbia University in New York, following courses in history and Chinese language.  In 1973 he publish his book "Leopard Skin", dedicated to the war in Vietnam, so he start his career as a writer.

He lived in Saigon, in Cambogia, Hong Kong and Tokyo, writed important political texts and revolutionary books. He had important collaborations with Italian magazines and with switzerland tv etc.., he wrote many awesome books, he travelled around the world but most of all,  he discover the peace of mind,  an important part of his fame is about his relationship with the death, following some religios studies when he found out that he had a mortal disease he found a way of living in peace and harmony, he dedicated the last part of his life to the studies of Eastern religions and mysticism. to meditation and to the search of a "High level of life" . He said that the death will be his more intense journey and the most mysterious one. He died in Orsigna where he spent his last years in peace and meditation in the middle of the nature  . 

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His biography inspired by the official one.