Speakers Gian Luigi Deiana and Gabriella Cuccu – Casa Museo di Antonio Gramsci, Ghilarza, Sardinia.
Italian theorist and politician Antonio Gramsci was born in Ales, Sardinia in 1891. Historical figure of fundamental importance in 1920-1930’s Italy, his work – considered a seminal contribution to 20th century thought – is now studied by sociology, linguistics and politics scholars all over the world. Jailed by Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime from 1926 until 1937, during his imprisonment he wrote thousands of pages of historical analysis and letters, among which the most famous Quaderni del carcere [Prison Notebooks] and Lettere dal carcere [Letters from Prison]. While the years in prison did not prevent Gramsci from writing, they impaired his health and he died in Rome on the 27th of April 1937.
Eighty years after his death, Gian Luigi Deiana and Gabriella Cuccu from Gramsci Museum in Sardinia, will offer an introduction to Antonio Gramsci’s life and legacy.
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