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Il Politecnico
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Il Politecnico (

Communist cultural and literary magazine published in Milan, Italy, between 1945 and 1947. In the debut editorial it was stated that the magazine was inspired by the homonymous journal which had been founded by Carlo Cattaneo in 1839 and published until 1845.[1] Although it was a short-lived publication, Il Politecnico was the most prominent magazine in Italy during its run.[2]

History and profile

Il Politecnico was first published in Milan as a weekly on 29 September 1945.[3][4] The magazine was openly affiliated with the Communist Party.[2] Giulio Einaudi was the publisher, and Elio Vittorini was the editor of the magazine.[3][5][6] Franco Fortini, an Italian poet and Marxist theorist, was one of the editorial board members of Il Politecnico.[7] From 1 May 1946 the magazine came out monthly.[2][6]

The idea behind the establishment of Il Politecnico was to rebuild

philosopher Felice Balbo in 1945.[3] Il Politecnico also aimed at providing a democratic forum for literary discussions.[8] It considered culture as a guide to policy.[9] This approach was similar to that advocated by French thinker Jean-Paul Sartre and was totally opposite of Palmiro Togliatti's understanding of culture as something less important than party instructions.[9]

Il Politecnico rejected not to cover the work by non-Communist artists and featured translations of famous authors such as

photo-stories of Luigi Crocenzi.[10][11] Italo Calvino was among the contributors and in fact, he started his career as a journalist in the magazine.[12]

Due to the conflict between the Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti and Elio Vittorini[13] and its editorial policy Il Politecnico lost the support of the Communist Party.[5] The magazine eventually ceased publication in December 1947.[5] The 39th issue was the last one which did not announce the closing of the magazine.[7]

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References

  1. ISBN 9788846750839
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  2. ^
    doi:10.1080/1354571X.2016.1112063
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-94-012-0715-7
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  4. ^ Andrew Stevens (October 2003). "Il Politecnico". 3am Review.
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    ISBN 978-0-226-49368-8
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  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-253-21948-0
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    S2CID 146888676
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  8. ISBN 978-1-135-45530-9
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  9. ^
    doi:10.1080/01916599.2020.1756892
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  10. ^ "Photography and Neorealism in Italy, 1945-19655". Rosphoto. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  11. ISBN 978-1-4426-4807-4
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  12. ISBN 9781884964305
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  13. ISBN 978-1-349-20841-8
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