Lorenzo Capitani

Lorenzo Capitani, is a Philosophy and History teacher at the “Ariosto-Spallanzani” Classics and Science secondary school in Reggio Emilia. He is the author of many publications on the history of the Italian school system and Italian political culture, with a particular focus on Antonio Gramsci and Pier Paolo Pasolini. He has written an essay on the political and administrative fortunes of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia entitled “Da Campioli a Bonazzi: la sfida del governo, l’avventura del cambiamento” (From Campioli to Bonazzi: the challenge of the government, the adventure of change) in “Sindaco, una scelta di vita, dal 1945 al 1975” (Mayor, a choice of life, from 1945 to 1975), published in Correggio in 2009. He has recently edited the volume "Enrico Berlinguer. Il Sogno Di Un'altra Italia" (Enrico Berlinguer. The dream of another Italy).
He was the Councillor for Culture of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia from 1983 to 1986.