Nuto Revelli

Writer

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.

For:Readers interested in oral history, Italian rural history, women's studies, and the Italian Resistance.

In the wake of a post-war Italy under reconstruction, Nuto Revelli, former Alpine officer during the Russian defeat and mighty pillar of the Partisan Resistance, armed himself with a tape recorder and began to plow the endless fields of the Langhe, gathering hundreds of experiences of women who had forged their souls in rural life.
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