Eva Colorni

Eva Colorni (1941–1985) was an Italian economist.

Early life

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

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

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

  1. ^ a b c d Barker, Paul (1998). Living as Equals. Oxford University Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-19-829518-1.
  2. ^ a b Nasar, Sylvia (2011-05-10). Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. Simon and Schuster. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-684-87298-8.
  3. ^ a b Massarenti, Armando (2012-08-26). "Hirschman, Sen e lo spirito di Ventotene" [Hirschman, Sen and the spirit of Ventotene]. Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  4. ^ a b Steele, Jonathan (2001-03-31). "Food for thought". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  5. ^ "A Nobel Cause". The Times of India. 2001-12-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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