Nuto Revelli

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Italian writer and oral historian; former Alpine (Alpini) officer and participant in the Italian Resistance, known for collecting and publishing testimonies of rural people, especially in the Langhe.

Born 1919, died 2004. Served as an Alpini officer on the Russian front during World War II. Later took part in the Italian partisan movement. Authored books based on oral testimonies from rural Italy, including work on women of the Langhe.

The available review praises Revelli's collection of oral histories from rural women in the Langhe, highlighting his background as an Alpine officer and partisan. It emphasizes the strength, suffering and humanity of peasant women and the social context of post-war Italy. The reviewer regards the book as touching, profound and valuable for its testimony.