Rediscovering Guido Seborga: Writer, Partisan, and Literary Voice of Liguria

Guido Seborga, originally named Guido Hess, was born in Turin in 1909 into a Jewish family. He took his pseudonym from Seborga, located near Bordighera. The son of mountaineer Adolfo Hess and the grandson of philosopher Moses Hess, he pursued philosophy in Paris. In the 1920s, he constructed a villa in Bordighera and participated in WWII with the Matteotti Brigades. After the war, he became a journalist for L'Avanti and established Socialismo. His literary journey commenced in 1948 with L'uomo di Camporosso, followed by works such as Il figlio di Caino (1949), Morte d'Europa, Ergastolo, Gli innocenti, and Occhio folle, occhio lucido (1968). He collaborated with Italo Calvino on the Cinque Bettole prize and curated the Incontri con l'uomo series in 1960. Significant studies include Novelli's L'uomo di Bordighera (2003) and Guido Seborga. Scritti, immagini, lettere (2009).