Louis C. Fraina

Louis C. Fraina
Fraina c. 1925
Born
Luigi Carlo Fraina

(1892-10-07)October 7, 1892
Campagna, Province of Salerno, Kingdom of Italy
DiedSeptember 16, 1953(1953-09-16) (aged 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other namesLewis Corey
CitizenshipAmerican
Political partySocialist (1909, 1917–1919)
Socialist Labor (1909–1914)
Communist (1919–1921)
MovementSocial Democracy
SpouseEsther Nesvishskaya

Louis C. Fraina (October 7, 1892 – September 15, 1953) was an Italian-American writer, educator and theoretician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America in 1919. After running afoul of the Communist International in 1921 over the alleged misappropriation of funds, Fraina left the organized radical movement, emerging in 1926 as a left wing public intellectual by the name of Lewis Corey. During the McCarthy era, deportation proceedings were initiated against Fraina-Corey. After a protracted legal battle, Corey died of a cerebral hemorrhage before the action against him was formally abandoned.

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