- Born
- January 22, 1891
- Died
- April 27, 1937 (aged 46)
- Known as
- philosopher, politician, journalist, writer, economist, literary critic
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist and politician. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. A vocal critic of Benito Mussolini and fascism, he was imprisoned in 1926, and remained in prison until shortly before his death in 1937.
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