Enzo Forcella (15 May 1921 – 9 February 1999) was an Italian essayist, historian and journalist.

Born in Rome, an orphan of war, Forcella graduated at the Vittorio Emanuele II National Boarding School in Rome benefiting from a free post provided for deserving students.

[1] During the World War II Forcella joined the Action Party and he started his career as a journalist in the newspaper Italia socialista.

[2] Since its first experimental broadcasts until 1976, he was also a longtime collaborator of RAI, and he was director of Radio Tre between 1976 and 1985.

[2] Also active as an essayist and a historian, in 1975 Forcella won the Bagutta Prize for his book Celebrazione di un trentennio.