Nineteenth-Twentieth Century Writers

Between the 19th and 20th centuries, Italian established itself as the main language in island literary production, an inevitable choice in order to expand the readership. At the same time, the Sardinian language continued to be used in poetic works and above all studied and disseminated thanks to the philology and linguistics studies of Max Leopold Wagner and Giovanni Spano.

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Emilio Lussu

A lawyer, writer, political leader and legendary fighter, Emilio Lussu was a major figure in Sardinian and Italian culture.

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Sebastiano Satta

Sebastiano Satta is one of the best Sardinian poets of all time. Lawyer and journalist, he wrote highly appreciated verses in Sardinian and Italian.

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Antonio Gramsci

One of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and leader of the Italian Communist Party, he was born in Ales in 1891. After his primary education in Ghilarza and the gymnasium in Santu Lusha, he attended high...

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Giovanni Spano

Nineteenth-century intellectuals demonstrate a great awareness of the problem of history and of the problem of language. Representative in this sense is Giovanni Spano, who was born in Ploaghe on March 8, 1803.

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