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THE WORKS

Antonio Gramsci wrote political and cultural articles, reviews of books and theatrical performances, as well as commentary on customs and current affairs, within the lively context of the political and social debates of the early twentieth century.

His more intimate and personal writing found expression in his correspondence. The letters written before his imprisonment trace the cultural formation of the young Gramsci during his school and university years, his connections with the socialist and workers’ movements, and his political and journalistic activity. The Letters from Prison, by contrast, reveal the private dimension of relationships and affections maintained across distance, despite the restrictions and hardships imposed by prison regulations. While in prison, Gramsci also developed another form of writing through the Prison Notebooks: a multidisciplinary body of work that also includes translations from German, Russian, and English.

The richness of Gramsci’s reflections is reflected in the wide range of materials he used while composing the Notebooks — books, journals, newspapers — together with the remarkable intellectual background he had developed through years of study and reading.

THE WORKS OF GRAMSCI

Pre-Prison Period

  • L’Ordine nuovo 1919-1920. 1954.
  • Early Writings 1914-1918. 1958.
  • Under the Mole 1916-1920. 1960.
  • Socialism and Fascism. L’Ordine Nuovo 1921-1922.1966.
  • The Construction of the Communist Party 1923-1926. 1971.
  • Turin Chronicles 1913-1917, edited by Sergio Caprioglio. 1980.
  • The Future City 1917-1918,edited by Sergio Caprioglio. 1982.
  • Our Marx 1918-1919, edited by Sergio Caprioglio. 1984.
  • L’Ordine nuovo 1919-1920, edited by Valentino Gerratana and Antonio A. Santucci. 1987.
  • Letters 1908-1926, edited by Antonio A. Santucci, Einaudi, 1992.
  • *The first editions of Gramsci’s writings were published by Giulio Einaudi Editore.
  • The prison correspondence has appeared in several editions:
  • Letters from Prison. 1947. (Works of Antonio Gramsci, 1).
  • Letters from Prison, edited by Sergio Caprioglio and Elsa Fubini, 1965 (Nuova Universale Einaudi, 60).
  • Letters from Prison, edited by Antonio A. Santucci. Palermo, Sellerio Editore, 1996. 2 vols. (La Nuova Diagonale, 14).
  • Among the partial editions, particularly significant is:
  • Antonio Gramsci – Tatiana Schucht, Letters 1926–1935, edited by Aldo Natoli and Chiara Daniele. 1997. (Nuova Universale Einaudi, 224).
  • The Prison Notebooks were first published in thematic volumes:
  • Historical Materialism and the Philosophy of Benedetto Croce. 1948.
  • The Intellectuals and the Organisation of Culture. 1949.
  • Il Risorgimento. 1949.
  • Notes on Machiavelli, Politics and the Modern State. 1949.
  • Literature and National Life. 1950.
  • Past and Present. 1951.
  • Later, the edition prepared by the Istituto Gramsci was published:
  • Prison Notebooks. Critical edition of the Istituto Gramsci, edited by Valentino Gerratana. 1975. 4 vols. (Nuova Universale Einaudi, n.s., 1).
  • Prison Notebooks. Facsimile edition of the manuscripts, edited by Gianni Francioni. Rome, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; Cagliari, L’Unione Sarda, 2009. 18 vols.

The Fondazione Gramsci is responsible for the National Edition of the Writings of Antonio Gramsci, established by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage in 1996.

  • The volumes are published by the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. The following volumes have been published to date:
  • National Edition of the Writings of Antonio Gramsci promoted by the Fondazione Istituto Gramsci — Prison Notebooks 1. Translation Notebooks (1929–1932), edited by Giuseppe Cospito and Gianni Francioni. 2007. 2 vols.
  • Correspondence 1: January 1906 – December 1922, edited by David Bidussa, Francesco Giasi, Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, and Maria Luisa Righi; with the collaboration of Leonardo P. D’Alessandro, Benedetta Garzarelli, Eleonora Lattanzi, Luigi Manias, and Francesco Ursini. 2009.
  • Correspondence 2: January – November 1923, edited by David Bidussa, Francesco Giasi, and Maria Luisa Righi; with the collaboration of Leonardo P. D’Alessandro, Eleonora Lattanzi, and Francesco Ursini. 2011.
  • Writings 1910–1926. 2: 1917, edited by Leonardo Rapone with the collaboration of Maria Luisa Righi and contributions by Benedetta Garzarelli. 2015.
  • Documents 1. Notes on Linguistics 1912–1913, edited by Giancarlo Schirru. 2016.
  • Prison Notebooks 2. Miscellaneous Notebooks (1929–1935)*, edited by Giuseppe Cospito, Gianni Francioni, and Fabio Frosini. 2017.
  • Writings 1910–1926. 1: 1910–1916, by Giuseppe Guidi and Maria Luisa Righi. 2019.
  • Writings 1910–1926. 3: 1918, edited by Leonardo Rapone and Maria Luisa Righi. 2023.
  • Prison Notebooks 2. Miscellaneous Notebooks (1929–1935)**, edited by Giuseppe Cospito, Gianni Francioni, and Fabio Frosini. 2025.

The Gramsci archival collection is preserved at the Fondazione Gramsci, whose website also provides access to the Gramscian Bibliography (www.fondazionegramsci.org).

Founded by John M. Cammett and now curated by Francesco Giasi and Maria Luisa Righi, this bibliography includes the titles of all writings on Gramsci published since 1922, as well as all translations of his works, for a total of more than twenty thousand entries in 41 languages.

LE OPERE DI GRAMSCI

  • Lettere 1908-1926 (edizione: Antonio Gramsci, Lettere 1908-1926, a cura di Antonio A. Santucci, Einaudi, 1992)
  • L’Ordine nuovo (settimanale 1919-1920)
  • L’Ordine nuovo (quotidiano 1921-1922)
  • L’Ordine nuovo (quindicinale 1922-1925)
  • L’unità (quotidiano 1924-1926)
  • L’Ordine nuovo 1919–1920. 1954. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 9)
  • Scritti giovanili 1914–1918. 1958. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 8)
  • Sotto la Mole 1916–1920. 1960. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 10)
  • Socialismo e fascismo. L’Ordine nuovo 1921–1922. 1966. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 11)
  • La costruzione del partito comunista 1923–1926. 1971. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 12)
  • Cronache torinesi 1913–1917, a cura di Sergio Caprioglio. 1980. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 171)
  • La Città futura 1917–1918, a cura di Sergio Caprioglio. 1982. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 177)
  • Il nostro Marx 1918–1919, a cura di Sergio Caprioglio. 1984. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 188)
  • L’Ordine nuovo 1919–1920, a cura di Valentino Gerratana e Antonio A. Santucci. 1987. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 191)
  • Lettere dal carcere. 1947. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 1)
  • Lettere dal carcere. A cura di Sergio Caprioglio e Elsa Fubini, 1965. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 60)
  • Lettere dal carcere. A cura di Antonio A. Santucci. Palermo, Sellerio, 1996. 2 v. (La nuova diagonale, 14)
  • Antonio Gramsci – Tatiana Schucht, Lettere 1926–1935. A cura di Aldo Natoli e Chiara Daniele. 1997. (Nuova universale Einaudi, 224)
  • Il materialismo storico e la filosofia di Benedetto Croce. 1948. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 2)
  • Gli intellettuali e l’organizzazione della cultura. 1949. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 3)
  • Il Risorgimento. 1949. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 4)
  • Note sul Machiavelli, sulla politica e sullo Stato moderno. 1949. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 5)
  • Letteratura e vita nazionale. 1950. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 6)
  • Passato e presente. 1951. (Opere di Antonio Gramsci, 7)
  • Quaderni del carcere. Edizione critica dell’Istituto Gramsci, a cura di Valentino Gerratana. 1975. 4 v. (Nuova universale Einaudi, n. s., 1)
  • Quaderni del carcere. Edizione anastatica dei manoscritti, a cura di Gianni Francioni. Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; Cagliari, L’Unione sarda, 2009. 18 v.
  • Quaderni del carcere 1. Quaderni di traduzioni (1929–1932), a cura di Giuseppe Cospito e Gianni Francioni. 2007. 2 v.
  • Documenti 1. Appunti di glottologia 1912–1913, a cura di Giancarlo Schirru. 2016
  • Scritti 1910–1926. 2: 1917, a cura di Leonardo Rapone con la collaborazione di Maria Luisa Righi e il contributo di Benedetta Garzarelli. 2015
  • Epistolario 1: Gennaio 1906–dicembre 1922, a cura di David Bidussa, Francesco Giasi, Gadi Luzzatto Voghera e Maria Luisa Righi; con la collaborazione di Leonardo P. D’Alessandro, Benedetta Garzarelli, Eleonora Lattanzi, Luigi Manias e Francesco Ursini. 2009
  • Epistolario 2: Gennaio–novembre 1923, a cura di David Bidussa, Francesco Giasi e Maria Luisa Righi; con la collaborazione di Leonardo P. D’Alessandro, Eleonora Lattanzi e Francesco Ursini. 2011

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