Alberto Asor Rosa Explained

Alberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933^[1] – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician. He was an Italian Communist Party (PCI) member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 to 1980. Rosa was among the contributors to the leftist magazine Quaderni piacentini in the mid-1960s.^[2] He coedited another magazine entitled Classe Operaia with Mario Tronti from its start in 1964 to 1966.^[2] Rosa was the last editor of Rinascita, PCI's theoretical journal.^[3] He died on 21 December 2022, at the age of 89.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Moliterno. Gino. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. 2002. Routledge. 56. 9781134758777.
2. Fabio Guidali. Culture and political commitment in the nonorthodox Marxist Left: the case of Quaderni piacentini in pre-1968 Italy. History of European Ideas. 2020. 46. 6. 10.1080/01916599.2020.1756892. 862–875. 219036376 .
3. Book: Leonard Weinberg. The Transformation of Italian Communism. 1995. 103. 978-1-4128-4030-9. Transaction Publishers. New Brunswick, NJ; London.
4. News: È morto lo storico della letteratura Alberto Asor Rosa: aveva 89 anni. 21 December 2022. Il Post. 21 December 2022. it.