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Savino Varazzani

Savino Varazzani (Piacenza, March 21, 1858 - Milan, February 3, 1938) was an Italian politician and journalist. He was a teacher, writer and journalist, who served as chairman of Avanti! della Domenica . [1]

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the XXI legislature (1900-1904) for the constituency of Piacenza. [2] [3] He was a candidate for the following legislature, albeit reluctantly, in the supplementary elections for the Grosseto constituency, but was not elected. [4]

In 1912, along with a number of others, he left the Socialist Party in protest against its opposition to the Italian invasion of Libya. [5] In 1928 he joined the National Fascist Party [1] and in 1930 published a book entitled Confessioni d'un galantuomo: (dà socialista a fascista) (Confessions of a Gentleman: from socialist to fascist). [6]

The city of Piacenza has a Via Savino Varazzani named after him. [7]

Published works

Varazzani published a number of books of a literary, historical, philosophical and biographical nature: [6]

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References

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  2. "SAVINO VARAZZANI, Legislatura XXI del Regno". dati.camera.it. Camera dei deputati. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. "Statistica delle elezioni generali politiche 3 e 10 giugno 1900" (PDF). Roma: Direzione generale della statistica. 1900. p. 66.
  4. D'Alterio, Daniele (2011). La capitale dell'azione diretta. Enrico Leone, il sindacalismo "puro" e il movimento operaio italiano nella prima crisi del sistema giolittiano (1904-1907). Trento: Tangram Edizioni Scientifiche. pp. 341–343. ISBN   9788864580319.
  5. Furiozzi, Gian Biagio (1993). Francesco Paoloni e il socialismo integrale (1892-1917). Florence: Centro Editoriale Toscano. p. 281. ISBN   9788879570770 . Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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