Ignazio Silone

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Ignazio Silone


Born
in Pescina dei Marsi, L'Aquila, Italy
December 13, 1901

Died
August 22, 1978


Figlio di una tessitrice e di un piccolo proprietario terriero, perde assai presto il padre e la madre, nel terremoto che nel gennaio del ‘15 distrugge gran parte della Marsica. Interrotti gli studi liceali, si dà alla politica quale socialista attivo e prende parte alle lotte contro la guerra e al movimento operaio rivoluzionario; nel 1921 partecipa a Livorno alla fondazione del Partito Comunista (che rappresenta a Mosca, con Togliatti, nel Komintern), ma se ne stacca nel 1930, in disaccordo con le purghe staliniane. Antifascista, resta in esilio in Svizzera dal 1930 al 1945, anni durante i quali matura la sua vocazione di scrittore. Pubblicato in traduzione tedesca a Zurigo nel 1933, “Fontamara” è il suo romanzo d’esordio, che lo impone a ...more

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Fontamara

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دانۀ زیر برف

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یک مشت تمشک

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The Abruzzo Trilogy: Fontam...

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La volpe e le camelie

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“How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.”
Ignazio Silone, Bread and Wine

“Awareness has infinite gradations, like light.”
Ignazio Silone, Bread and Wine

“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying no to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political.”
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