Silone, Ignazio, 1900-1978

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Pseudonym of Secondo Tranquilli; born in Pescina dei Marsi, Italy 1900, died in Geneva 1978; writer; secretary of the Abruzzi farm labourers' union in 1917; convicted for organizing antiwar demonstrations; joined the Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) in 1918; leader in the Federazione Italiana Giovanile Socialista; editor of the Avanguardia Socialista; member of the Executive of the Communist Youth International; joined the Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) in Livorno in 1921; PCI delegate at the Third Congress of the COMINTERN; editor of the weekly L'Avanguardia Rome and later of the daily Il Lavoratore Triest; erected with Antonio Gramsci a communist underground organization; forced into exile by the fascists' laws in 1927; fled to Switzerland in 1928, where he wrote his internationally most well-known books F̀ontamara' 1930 and P̀ane e Vina' 1937; left the PCI in 1931; joined the PSI in 1940 and directed it from Switzerland; in 1946 member of the Executive of the PSI; editor of the daily Avanti!; founded the Partito Socialista Unitario, but withdrew from politics when this party joined Giuseppe Saragat's Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano.

From the description of Archives 1942-1944 (-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79845455
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referencedIn Tamiment Library. Tamiment Library manuscript files collection relating to individuals and organizations associated with radicalism, the labor movement, and progressive social action in the United States, 1950-2001 (bulk 1910-1965). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Marino, Samuel J. Samuel J. Marino Collection. McNeese State University, Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library
referencedIn Llewellyn, Richard. Papers, 1939-1952 (bulk 1949-1952). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Guide to the Max Shachtman Papers, 1917-1969 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Nicola Chiaromonte papers, 1921-1982 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Michael Josselson Papers TXRC98-A0., 1914-1991, (bulk 1960-1978) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Silone, Ignazio. Archives 1942-1944 (-1954).
creatorOf Josselson, Michael. Michael Josselson Papers, 1914-1991 (bulk 1960-1978). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Silone, Ignazio, 1900-1978. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1949. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Guide to the Girolamo Valenti Papers, 1925-1977 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935-1965 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Adams, Elbridge L., 1866-. Collection of books from the library of William Faulkner. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Boris Souvarine papers, 1915-1984 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Richard Llewellyn Papers TXRC97-A2., 1939-1952, (bulk 1949-1952) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Tamiment Library Manuscript Files, 1749-1988 (bulk: 1910-1965) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Dolci, Danilo. Danilo Dolci collection, 1958-1982 bulk 1958-1972. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Leo Raditsa Papers, 1947-2001 Houghton Library
referencedIn Mitcoff, Elena. Correspondence, with R. W. Cowden, 1938-1942. University of Michigan
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