Vauro Senesi
Vauro Senesi (born 24 March 1955) is an Italian journalist and satirical cartoonist. Vauro was born in Pistoia. He was Pino Zac's apprentice, and, together with Giancarlo Fusco, Cinzia Leone and others, in September 1978 they founded "Il Male", a satirical weekly newspaper. It was published until March 1982. His cartoons have been published in magazines such as "Satyricon", "Linus", "Cuore", "I quaderni del Sale", "L'Echo des Savanes" and "El Jueves". He is director of the satirical e-weekly "Boxer", collaborator of "Il Corriere della Sera" and Smemoranda. In 1996, he won the Political Satirist Prize of  Forte dei Marmi. Vauro received international attention in 2009 when he was dismissed from RAI over controversial drawings he had shown during a broadcast of the series "Annozero". In June 2011 Vauro Senesi announced his intention to sail with the Free Gaza Flotilla setting out to defy the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. He published in Il Manifesto an "Open Letter to an Admiral", addressed to Admiral Eli Marom of the Israeli Navy and setting out his reasons for this act.