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...Mauro Calamandrei, a graduate of the University of Florence, who worked with the Italian underground during the war, stressed the significance of Italy's contemporary writers, in what he termed "a wonderful artistic revival, almost a new Renaissance...
...writers of the last fifteen years, Calamandrei stated, do not have the indifference to social problems which characterized Italian writers in the earlier part of the century. He deplored the fact that these writers, in the last few years, have been overcome by "a deep sense of despair." Nevertheless, he said, it is a healthy sign that "this new literature is concerned with the changing social situation in Italy...
Actionist Deputy Piero Calamandrei, rector of Florence University, told a Boccaccio-flavored anecdote to express his opposition to the contradictions of a Constitution which proclaimed both religious equality and the preferential position of one faith: "This reminds me of the old man in Florence who had two mistresses, one young and the other old. The man's hair was partly black, partly grey. Each of his mistresses wanted him completely for herself. So the young mistress tore out all his grey hair, while the old one tore out all the black. The poor man's head of course...
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