"As a teenager, Giuseppe Di Vittorio was still semi-literate. When he realised that it was impossible to assert his rights in those conditions, he got himself a dictionary."
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Giuseppe Di Vittorio da adolescente era ancora un semianalfabeta. Quando capì che far valere i suoi diritti in quelle condizioni era impossibile, si procurò un vocabolario. — Nicola Lagioia. As quoted in Libri e cultura? Parliamone in campagna elettorale, Rep.repubblica.it (January 21, 2018)
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Giuseppe Di Vittorio
1892 – 1957
Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1892 – 1957), also known as Mario Nicoletti, was an Italian trade union leader and communist politician.
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