Eva Colorni
Eva Colorni (1941 – 1985) was an Italian economist.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Eva Colorni was born in Italy in 1941 to anti-fascist activists Eugenio Colorni and Ursula Hirschmann. Her father was a socialist philosopher, while her mother was a German-born economist that had fled Nazi Germany.[1] Her father was killed by fascists during World War II.[2] Her mother remarried Altiero Spinelli, who became Colorni's stepfather.[3]
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Colorni attended the University of Pavia and then began teaching. She moved to India where she taught at the Delhi School of Economics. She then moved to England.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Colorni began dating Amartya Sen,[4] with whom she moved to North London in 1973.[1] They married in 1978 and had two children together.[4] After being diagnosed with cancer, she continued to teach for nearly two additional terms.[1] She died of stomach cancer in 1985.[2]
Colorni helped guide Sen's work, directing his attention to "practical issues of importance".[5] She is also credited as an influence on her uncle, Albert O. Hirschman.[3]
References
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