Piero Gobetti

David Ward (Wellesley College)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 19 Jun 1901
Died 15 Feb 1926
Activity 1918-1926

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Revolutionary, Activist

Other

Editor

Resources

Gobetti's Works

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Piero Gobetti was an antifascist intellectual, cultural organizer and editor of three political reviews:

Energie nove

La Rivoluzione liberale

and

Il Baretti

, the first founded when he was only eighteen. Gobetti’s antifascism soon caught the attention of the fascist regime. Beginning in February 1923, Mussolini sent several telegrams to the Turin prefect instructing him to order searches of the offices of

La Rivoluzione liberale

, seize material and detain Gobetti. In June 1924, in a telegram now part of the public record, Mussolini ordered the prefect to make life difficult for Gobetti, whom he called a stubborn enemy of fascism. On September 5th, 1925, Gobetti was badly beaten up by a group of fascist thugs, and in November 1925 he received a presidential notice that banned him from…

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Citation: Ward, David. "Piero Gobetti". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 July 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14059, accessed 31 October 2024.]