''Il Ponte'' () is a political and literary magazine in Milan, Italy, which has been in circulation since April 1945.

History and profile

''Il Ponte'' was started by Piero Calamandrei in Florence in April 1945. Calamandrei also edited the magazine until his death in 1956. The original subtitle of the magazine was ''Rivista mensile diretta da Piero Calamandrei'' (). Later, its subtitle was redesigned as ''Rivista mensile di politica e letteratura'' (). Le Monnier was the first publisher of the magazine. In its initial period it mostly covered articles on history, politics and science, and literary content was relatively infrequent. ''Il Ponte'' came out monthly between its start in 1945 and 1989. It has been published on a bimonthly basis since then. Its headquarters moved from Florence to Milan. From May to August 1946 ''Il Ponte'' featured articles by Umberto Zanotti Bianco about his stay in Africo, a small village near the

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, in December 1928. The magazine published an article on the views of the Italian educator and activist Augusto Monti in 1949. Antonio Spinosa was one of ''Il Ponte''s contributors and analyzed the

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content of the

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in his articles in 1951 and in 1952. Leo Valiani edited the special issue of ''Il Ponte'' on

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in 1955. The 1955 visit of Piero Calamandrei and other Italian intellectuals to China was featured in a special issue of the magazine in 1956. ''Il Ponte'' experienced frequent conflicts with '' Tempo Presente'' which was published by the Italian Association for Cultural Freedom between 1956 and 1967.

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