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Eva Colorni (1941–1985) was an Italian economist. Biography. 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. Her father was killed by fascists during World War II.
Jun 18, 2016 · My mother, Eva Colorni, left us far too soon - she died of cancer on July 3, 1985, when I was eight-and-a-half years old. Needless to say, this was an extremely difficult period in all our lives.
In 1978 Sen married Eva Colorni, an Italian economist, daughter of Eugenio Colorni and Ursula Hirschmann and niece of Albert O. Hirschman. The couple had two children, a daughter Indrani, who is a journalist in New York, and a son Kabir, a hip hop artist, MC, and music teacher at Shady Hill School. Eva died of cancer in 1985.
The Eva Colorni Memorial Trust was formed in 1985 to commemorate the life of Eva Colorni, a valued friend and colleague. Eva, in addition to much else, taught Economics at City of London Polytechnic, now part of London Metropolitan University.
Jun 3, 2016 · Eva Colorni was an economist whose work and passion were concerned with analysing and redressing inequality. After her untimely death in 1985 Amartya Sen established the Trust to commemorate Eva’s life and work and to reflect and further her belief in the possibility of social justice.
Nov 30, 1999 · He went through a painful divorce from Nabanita Dev, his first wife and litterateur, to marry Eva Colorni, the ex-wife of a DSE colleague. After Eva's death, he married Emma Rothschild, a member of the famous clan, who teaches philosophy at Cambridge.
Speaker(s): Vikram Seth | The Colorni lectures are held regularly in memory of Eva Colorni, who taught economics at the former City of London Polytechnic - now incorporated into London Metropolitan University - until her early death in 1985.
