Emilio Lussu

Emilio Lussu
Lussu in 1950s as senator
Senator of the Italian Parliament
In office
19 April 1948 – 19 May 1968
ConstituencyCagliari
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
ConstituencyXXXI (Cagliari)
Minister for Post-War Assistance
In office
21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945
Prime MinisterFerruccio Parri
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byLuigi Gasparotto
Personal details
Born4 December 1890 (1890-12-04)
Armungia, Italy
Died5 March 1975 (1975-03-06) (aged 84)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPSd'Az (1921–1929)
GeL (1929–1943)
PdA (1943–1947)
PSI (1947–1964)
PSIUP (1964–1972)
Other political
affiliations
PSd'AzS
SpouseJoyce Lussu (1939–1975; his death)
ChildrenGiovanni Lussu
Residence(s)Cagliari (1910s–1960s)
Rome (1960s–1972)
OccupationPolitician, writer, journalist, soldier

Emilio Lussu (Armungia, 4 December 1890 – 5 March 1975) was a Sardinian and Italian writer, anti-fascist intellectual, military officer, partisan, and politician. He is also the author of the novel One Year on the High Plateau. Lussu was elected multiple times to Parliament, serving as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy for the constituency of Cagliari and twice as a minister. He founded the Sardinian Action Party and co-founded the Justice and Freedom movement. As an anti-fascist, he was assaulted, wounded, and sent to confinement to Lipari in the Aeolian Islands by the Italian fascist regime as a direct decision of Benito Mussolini. After escaping, with Carlo Rosselli and Fausto Nitti, he spent about fourteen years as a refugee abroad. He served as an officer in World War I, where he received multiple decorations, and participated in the Spanish Civil War as a political leader and in the Italian Resistance.[1]

  1. ^ "Emilio Lussu, ANPI". Retrieved 29 July 2024.