Emilio Lussu
| Emilio Lussu | |
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Lussu in 1950s as Senator.
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| Senator of Italian Parliament | |
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In office 19 April 1948 – 19 May 1968 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 4, 1890 Armungia, Cagliari, Italy |
| Died |
March 5, 1975 (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Political party |
Sardinian Action Party (1921–1960s) |
| Other political affiliations |
Justice and Freedom (1929–1943) Action Party (1943–1947) Italian Socialist Party (1947–1964) Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (1964–1972) |
| Spouse(s) | Joyce Lussu (1939–1975; his death) |
| Residence |
Cagliari, Sardinia (1910s–1960s) Rome, Lazio (1960s–1972) |
| Occupation | Politician, writer, soldier |
Emilio Lussu (December 4, 1890 – March 5, 1975) was an Italian soldier, politician and a writer.
Lussu was born in Armungia, province of Cagliari (Sardinia) and graduated with a degree in law in 1914. Lussu married Joyce Salvatori, a notable poet, and member of the noble family of the Marche.
Prior to the entry of Italy into World War I, Lussu joined the army and was involved in several skirmishes. As a complementary officer of the Sassari Infantry Brigade in 1916 he was stationed on the Asiago Plateau. The brigade had arrived on the plateau in May 1916 to help in the Italian effort to stop the Austrian Spring offensive. In the month of June 1916 the brigade conquered Monte Fior, Monte Castelgomberto, Monte Spil, Monte Miela and Monte Zebio. After the war Lussu wrote the book A Year on the High Plateau (Un anno sull'altipiano) about his experiences of trench warfare on the Plateau.
After the war Lussu, together with Camillo Bellieni, founded the Partidu Sardu-Partito Sardo d'Azione (The Sardinian Action Party), that blended social-democratic ideas and Sardinian nationalism. The party took a formal position in 1921, opposing the increasing power of the Fascist movement. Lussu was elected to the Italian parliament in 1921 and, in 1924 was among the Aventine secessionists who withdrew from the Italian Parliament after the murder of Giacomo Matteotti.
Lussu's anti-Fascist position was, at the time, one of the most radical in Italy. Lussu was physically attacked and injured by unknown aggressors several times. In 1926, during one of these attacks (notably, the same day that Benito Mussolini suffered an attack in Bologna), Lussu shot one of the squadristi, in self-defense. He was arrested and tried; and was acquitted. However, he was re-tried by an administrative Fascist commission and sentenced to 5 years of confinement on the island of Lipari, near Sicily.
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