Eugenio Colorni (22 April 1909 – 30 May 1944) was an Italian philosopher and

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activist.

Life

Born in

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, Colorni taught philosophy at the

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, and was active in the anti-fascist

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movement. He married

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, and was an important influence on her brother

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, who dedicated his book ''

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'' to Colorni's memory. Colorni was one of the promoters of the Ventotene Manifesto and an early instigator of the European Federalist Movement. In the mid-1930s, he was closely associated with Lelio Basso and others. In October 1938 he and Dino Philipson were arrested for their anti-fascist political activity and their Jewish background. He escaped but was killed in

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by a Nazi ambush in 1944, shortly before the Allies arrived. He had three daughters: Silvia, Renata, and Eva. His youngest daughter Eva married Indian economist

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in 1978 and produced two children prior to her death seven years later.

Works

* ''L'estetica di Benedetto Croce: studio critico'', 1932 * (ed.)

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, ''La Monadologia'', 1935 * ''Leibniz e il misticismo'', 1938 * 'Filosofia e scienza', ''Analysis'', 1947 * 'Apologo', ''Sigma'', 1947 * 'I'dialoghi di Commodo', ''Sigma'', 1949 * 'Critica filosofia e fisica teoria', ''Sigma'', 1948 * ''Scritt'', Florence: La Nuova Italia, 1975

References

Sources

* Elvira Gencarelli, ''Profilo politico di Eugenio Colorni'', in «Mondo Operaio», n. 7, luglio 1974, pp. 49–54 * Elvira Gencarelli, ''Eugenio Colorni'', article in ''Il Movimento Operaio Italiano''. Dizionario Biografico, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 1976, vol. II, pp. 74–81 * Leo Solari, ''Eugenio Colorni. Ieri e sempre'', Marsilio, Venezia, 1980 * Eugenio Garin, ''Colorni, Eugenio'', in «Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani», XXVII, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana, Roma, 1982 * Norberto Bobbio, ''Maestri e compagni'', Passigli Editori, Firenze, 1984 * Nunzio Dell'Erba, ''L'itinerario politico di Eugenio Colorni'', in Id., ''Il socialismo riformista tra politica e cultura'', Franco Angeli, Milano 1990, pp. 135–150 * Massimo Orlandi, ''Il socialismo federalista di Eugenio Colorni'', unpublished thesis, Università degli studi di Firenze, Anno Accademico 1991–1992 * Gaetano Arfé, ''Eugenio Colorni, l'antifascista, l'europeista'', in AA. VV., ''Matteotti, Buozzi, Colorni. Perché vissero, perché vivono'', Franco Angeli, Milano, 1996, pp. 58–77 * Sandro Gerbi, ''Tempi di malafede. Una storia italiana tra fascismo e dopoguerra. Guido Piovene ed Eugenio Colorni'', Einaudi, Torino 1999 e Hoepli, Milano, 2012. * Geri Cerchiai, ''L'itinerario filosofico di Eugenio Colorni'', in «Rivista di Storia della Filosofia», n. 3, 2002 * Stefano Miccolis, ''Eugenio Colorni ventenne e Croce'', in «Belfagor», 4, LXV, 31 luglio 2010, pp. 415–434 * Geri Cerchiai, ''Alcune riflessioni su Eugenio Colorni'', in «Rivista di Storia della Filosofia», LXVII 2012, pp. 351–360. * Michele Strazza, ''Melfi terra di confino. Il confino a Melfi durante il fascismo'', Melfi, Tarsia, 2002. * Maurizio Degl'Innocenti (a cura di), ''Eugenio Colorni dall'antifascismo all'europeismo socialista e federalista'', Lacaita, 2010, . 1909 births 1944 deaths Writers from Milan Italian Jews who died in the Holocaust Members of Giustizia e Libertà 20th-century Italian philosophers Academic staff of the University of Trieste 20th-century Italian writers Italian prisoners and detainees {{Italy-philosopher-stub