 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Silone akaberekerwa mumhuri yekumaruwa, mutaundi rePescina mudunhu reAbruzzo. Baba vake, Paolo Tranquilli, vakafa muna 1911 uye mukudengenyeka kwepasi kweAvezzano muna 1915, akarasikirwa nenhengo dzakawanda dzemhuri yake, kusanganisira amai vake, Marianna Delli Quadri. Akasiya taundi rokumusha kwake ndokupedza chikoro chesekondari. Muna 1917, Silone akabatana neboka reYoung Socialists reItaly Socialist Party PSI, achisimuka kuti ave mutungamiri wavo. 