Overview

• The 84-year-old journalist says offers for television stopped after he became ill, wiping out much of his earnings and leaving a weekly Il Foglio column as his only steady work.
• He is putting on the market his collection of 20th‑century Italian first editions from a library estimated at 20,000 to 25,000 volumes, featuring rare titles by Pavese, Calvino, Campana and Gadda.
• Corriere reports that part of the collection has already been consigned to the Milan bookseller Pontremoli, whom Mughini describes as a longtime friend.
• He plans to retain select treasures, including three Italo Svevo volumes of exceptional rarity along with works by Umberto Saba and Carlo Dossi.
• Mughini mentions a rare illness causing persistent fatigue and reduced mobility but says he would gladly return to talk shows if invited.