Editing Hugo Pratt (section)

===Early years===
Born in [[Rimini]], Italy, to Rolando Prat and Evelina (Genero) Prat, Ugo Eugenio Prat spent much of his childhood in [[Venice]] in a very cosmopolitan family environment. His paternal grandfather Joseph was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] of [[England|English]] and [[Provence|Provençal]] origins, his maternal grandfather was of hidden [[Jews|Jewish]] descent and his grandmother was of Turkish origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cong-pratt.com/en/hugo-pratt/biography/|url-status=dead|website=cong-pratt.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820135036/www.cong-pratt.com/en/hugo-pratt/biography/|archive-date=2021-08-20|title=HUGO PRATT}}</ref> In 1937, Pratt moved with his mother to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), joining his father who had moved there following the [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War|conquest of that country]] by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy|Italy]]. Pratt's father, a [[Blackshirts|MVSN]] NCO, was captured in 1941 by British troops and, in late 1942, died from disease as a prisoner of war. The same year, Hugo Pratt and his mother were interned in a prison camp at [[Dire Dawa|Dirédaoua]], where he would buy comics from guards, and later was sent back to Italy by the Red Cross.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

After the war, Pratt moved to Venice where he organized entertainment for the Allied troops. Later Pratt joined the Venice Group with other Italian cartoonists, including [[Alberto Ongaro]], Gian Carlo Guarda<ref>Saggio, Antonio. "On the Rooftops of Venice: In Search of Corto Maltese"</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arc1.uniroma1.it/saggio/|title=Antonino Saggio, Home Prof. Antonino Saggio Official Web Site, La Sapienza Architecture Rome Italy|website=www.arc1.uniroma1.it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Amazon.com | website=Amazon.com | url=http://www.amazon.com/Rooftops-Venice-Search-Corto-Maltese/dp/B08TZ2RVYS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= | access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref> and [[Mario Faustinelli]]. Their magazine ''Asso di Picche'', launched in 1945 as ''Albo Uragano'', concentrated on [[Action fiction#Comics|adventure comics]]. The magazine scored some success and published works by young talents, including [[Dino Battaglia]]. His eponymous character ''[[Asso di Picche]]'' (''Ace of Spades'') was a success, mainly in [[Argentina]], where Pratt was invited in 1949.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}