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Paolo Battino Vittorelli

パオロ・バッティーノ・ヴィットレリ

Paolo Battino Vittorelli

Aliases: Raffaello Battino / Paolo Vittorelli
Pen Names: Paolo Vittorelli(Pseudonym used during anti-fascist activities)

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1915-07-09 (Alexandria, Egypt)
Died
2003-03-24 (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) age 87
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian, French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Alexandria, Egypt → France → Cairo, Egypt → Turin, Italy

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Editor, Anti-fascist propagandist, Author, Translator, Politician
Active Years
1936-2003
Affiliations
Giustizia e Libertà (GL), Action Party (PdA), Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
Memberships
Socialist International
Influenced By
Rosselli brothers, Aldo Garòsci

Education

University in France
Faculty of Law / Law
Degree: Laurea in giurisprudenza
Period: 1936頃
Year of Graduation: 1938
Country: France
Moved to France to complete law studies

Awards

Viareggio Prize President's Prize
1981
Work: L'età della tempesta. Autobiografia romanzata di una generazione
Category: President's Prize
Organization: Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'età della tempesta. Autobiografia romanzata di una generazione

1981 Memoir

Memoirs of the Action Party era

Anti-fascismPolitics

L'età della speranza. Testimonianze e ricordi del Partito d’Azione

1998 Memoir

Sequel on the Action Party's militant years

Anti-fascismPolitics

Bibliography

  • L'età della tempesta. Autobiografia romanzata di una generazione (1981)
  • L'età della speranza. Testimonianze e ricordi del Partito d’Azione (1998)
  • Karl Marx: His Life and Environment (trans. 1967)

Translations by Author

  • Translation of Isaiah Berlin's Karl Marx

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Political and memoiristic style
Recurring Motifs
Anti-fascismSocialism

Legacy

Renowned Italian anti-fascist activist, journalist, and politician, known for activities in Egypt during WWII and post-war politics.

Trivia

  • Born in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian family.
  • Used pseudonym for anti-fascist activities.
  • Engaged in re-educating Italian POWs in Cairo.