Eugenio Colorni

[1] Born in Milan, Colorni taught philosophy at the University of Trieste, and was active in the anti-fascist Giustizia e Libertà movement.

He married Ursula Hirschmann, and was an important influence on her brother Albert O. Hirschman,[2] who dedicated his book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty to Colorni's memory.

[3] Colorni was one of the promoters of the Ventotene Manifesto and an early instigator of the European Federalist Movement.

In October 1938 he and Dino Philipson were arrested for their anti-fascist political activity and their Jewish background.

His youngest daughter Eva married Indian economist Amartya Sen in 1978 and produced two children prior to her death seven years later.