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Giorgio Amendola

ジョルジョ・アメンドーラ

Jorujo Amendora

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-11-21 （Rome）
Died
1980-06-05 （Rome） age 72
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Rome, Italy → France (exile) → Santo Stefano Island (banishment)

Career

Occupations
politician, journalist, writer
Active Years
1929-1980
Affiliations
Italian Communist Party (PCI)
Memberships
Italian Communist Party
Influenced By
Giovanni Amendola (father), Eva Kühn (mother)
Influenced
Giorgio Napolitano

Education

Sapienza University of Rome
Faculty of Law / Law
Degree: 法学学位
Period: 1920年代後半
Year of Graduation: 1930
Country: Italy
Graduated in law, then began anti-fascist activities

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Comunismo, antifascismo e Resistenza

1967 Political Memoir

Book on communism, anti-fascism, and resistance

Anti-fascismCommunismResistance

Lettere a Milano

1973 Essays

Letters to Milan

Politics

Intervista sull'antifascismo

1976 Interview

Interview on anti-fascism with Piero Melograni

Anti-fascism

Una scelta di vita

1978 Autobiography

A choice of life

AutobiographyPolitics

Un'isola

1980 Memoir

His best work, about island exile

ExileResistance

Bibliography

  • Comunismo, antifascismo e Resistenza (1967)
  • Lettere a Milano (1973)
  • Intervista sull'antifascismo (1976)
  • Una scelta di vita (1978)
  • Un'isola (1980)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Memoir-stylePolitical
Recurring Motifs
Anti-fascismCommunismResistance

Health

  • Long illness
    晩年
    Led to his death

Legacy

Regarded as a precursor of Eurocommunism and the Olive Tree coalition

In Popular Culture

  • Listed as notable person in Italian resistance movement

Trivia

  • Son of anti-fascist Giovanni Amendola, assassinated under Mussolini
  • Mother was Lithuanian intellectual Eva Kühn
  • Wife was French Germaine Lecocq, met in Paris exile
  • Served in Italian Chamber of Deputies for 32 years