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Article: Gramsci, Antonio
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Gramsci, Antonio
1891-1937
LIFE
THOUGHT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antonio Gramsci counts among the most influential thinkers of the Left in the twentieth century. Born to a family of modest means in Caligari, Sardinia, Italy, Gramsci
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s early life was characterized by poverty, and for most of his life he suffered from poor health, which was worsened by his long imprisonment in fascist Italy. He died in 1937 after more than ten years in prison.
LIFE
In addition to poverty and work to support his family, Gramsci
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s early years in Sardinia introduced him to socialist politics, as well as to the writings of prominent Italian thinkers of his time, including Gaetano Salvemini (1873
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