Ignazio Silone

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Ignazio Silone was an Italian novelist, political activist, and anti-fascist best known for works such as "Fontamara" that explored social injustice and rural life in Italy.

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instanceOf anti-fascist
human
novelist
political activist
activeInPeriod 20th century
awardReceived Carlo Porta Prize NERFINISHED
Jerusalem Prize NERFINISHED
birthName Secondino Tranquilli NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
educatedAt seminary in Rome
exiledIn Switzerland NERFINISHED
genre novel
political fiction
social realist fiction
hasLiteraryTheme conflict between conscience and ideology
moral responsibility
peasant struggles
influencedBy Christian socialism
Marxism NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf Italian Communist Party NERFINISHED
Italian Socialist Party NERFINISHED
movement anti-fascism
socialism
name Ignazio Silone NERFINISHED
notableFor anti-fascist literature
critique of totalitarianism
depicting rural Abruzzo
notableWork Fontamara NERFINISHED
Il segreto di Luca NERFINISHED
La volpe e le camelie NERFINISHED
Pane e vino NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
novelist
political activist
writer
opposed Italian Fascism NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Pescina, Abruzzo, Italy NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Geneva, Switzerland NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment anti-fascist
socialist
religion Roman Catholic background
usedPenName Ignazio Silone NERFINISHED
wroteAbout political oppression
poverty
rural life in Italy
social injustice

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