Leone Ginzburg
Leone Ginzburg | |
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Ginzburg in his 1934 mugshot | |
| Born | 4 April 1909 |
| Died | 5 February 1944 (aged 34) |
| Resting place | Campo Verano, Rome |
| Pen name | Leonida Gianturco |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Carlo |
| Relatives | Lisa Ginzburg (granddaughter) |
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Leone Ginzburg (Italian: [leˈoːne ˈɡintsburɡ, - ˈɡin(d)zburɡ], Russian: [ˈɡʲinzbʊrk]; 4 April 1909 – 5 February 1944) was an Italian editor, writer, journalist and teacher, as well as an important anti-fascist political activist and a hero of the resistance movement. He was the husband of the renowned author Natalia Ginzburg and the father of the historian Carlo Ginzburg.