Born: 22 January 1891 · Died: 27 April 1937 · Age at death: 46
How old was Antonio Gramsci when he died?
Antonio Gramsci died aged 46. He was born on 22 January 1891 and died on 27 April 1937.
Italian Marxist thinker who co-founded the Italian Communist Party and wrote his influential Prison Notebooks in Mussolini's jails
Did you know?He wrote his most famous political theories in over thirty notebooks while imprisoned by Mussolini's fascist government.
Quick facts
Date of birth22 January 1891
Date of death27 April 1937
Age at death46
Cause of deathCerebral hemorrhage
NationalityItalian
BirthplaceAles, Italy
Occupationphilosopher, politician, journalist
Editor's Take:
Antonio Gramsci explained why revolutions are so hard to make. He grew up poor in Sardinia, with a spinal deformity. He co-founded the Italian Communist Party in 1921. Mussolini's government jailed him in 1926. In prison he filled notebooks with ideas. His concept of "cultural hegemony" shows how ruling classes win consent through culture. He died soon after his release. His Prison Notebooks became a classic.
Key Milestones
1919: L'Ordine Nuovo – journal
1921: Communist Party – co-founder
1926: Arrest by Fascists
1929: Prison Notebooks – begins
Antonio Francesco Gramsci (UK: GRAM-shee, US: GRAHM-shee; Italian:; 22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist and politician. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Antonio Gramsci's birthday is January 22. He was born on January 22, 1891 in Ales, Italy.
How old was Antonio Gramsci when he died?
Antonio Gramsci died on April 27, 1937, aged 46.
Who shares a birthday with Antonio Gramsci?
Famous people who share Antonio Gramsci's January 22 birthday include Lord Byron, Francis Bacon, August Strindberg, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and John Donne.
