1945, ZURICH, SWITZELAND: The celebrated italian writer ans Socialist politician IGNAZIO SILONE (aka Secondo Tranquilli, 1900-1978), wrote novels expressing his socialist world view like FONTAMARA (1930), BREAD AND WINE (1938), and SCHOOL FOR DICTATORS (1939). In post World War II Italy be was active in the Democratic Socialist Party (P.S.D.I.).