So gelangte er in den Kreis um die Schriftsteller Cesare Pavese und Elio Vittorini, zu dem auch Natalia Ginzburg, Norberto Bobbio u.a. ###>Although brief, his stint put him in regular contact with Cesare Pavese, Natalia Ginzburg, Norberto Bobbio, and many other left-wing intellectuals and writers.