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Antonio Gramsci Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Antonio Gramsci, based on 12 World History Database records associated with Italy.

12 records1919–194710 events1 places

Chronological biography

1919

Ordine Nuovo1919
Politics / Communist Party

Founds the socialist weekly paper, "Ordine Nuovo"

1920

Strike1920
Politics / Communist Party

Supports the strikes in favour of workers councils & campaigns for the PSI

1921

Communist Party1921
Politics / Communist Party

Helps found the Italian Communist Party

Communist Party1921
Politics / Communist Party · Livorno

Dissillusioned with the PSI Gramsci helps found the Italian Communist Party PC

1924

Member of Parliament1924
Politics / Communist Party · Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament

Party Leader1924
Politics / Communist Party · Party Leader of CP

Appointed Party Leader of the PCI

1926

after his death1926
Politics / Communist Party

Writes "Prison Notebooks" while in prison, published after his death in 1947

Arrest of Antonio Gramsci1926
Politics / Communist Party

Arrested by Mussolini for 20 yrs despite the immunity of being a Member of Parliament

Prison Notebooks1926
Politics / Communist Party

Writes "Prison Notebooks" while in prison, published after his death in 1947

1937

Death of Antonio Gramsci1937
Politics / Communist Party

Death of Antonio Gramsci, in prison

1947

Prison Notebooks1947
Politics / Communist Party

Publication of "Prison Notebooks", a record of 29 notebooks

Prison Notebooks", a record of 29 notebooks1947
Politics / Communist Party

Publication of "Prison Notebooks", a record of 29 notebooks

Titles and roles

Member of Parliament · Party Leader of CP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.