Berneri, Marie Louise
Entry updated 13 May 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1918-1949) Italian-born political activist, editor, journalist and author, mostly in France until early adulthood, from 1937 in the UK. She co-founded in 1939 and edited the anti-war anarchist journal War Commentary until 1945, when she and her co-editors were put on trial for "incitement to disaffection". She is of sf interest for Journey Through Utopia (1950), a cogent historical traversal of significant authors, from Plato to Aldous Huxley, and their Utopias, to which a left-wing approach adds spice without obfuscation. She died soon after the death of her infant son. [JC]
Maria Louisa Berneri
born Arezzo (near Florence), Italy: 1 March 1918
died London: 13 April 1949
works
- Journey Through Utopia (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950) [nonfiction: hb/uncredited]
about the author
- Camillo Berneri, F A Ridley, George Woodcock and others. Marie Louise Berneri, 1918-1949: A Tribute (London: The Marie Louise Berneri Memorial Committee, 1949) [nonfiction: chap: pb/]
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