Lea Schiavi | |
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| Born | March 2, 1907 Borgosesia, Province of Vercelli, Piedmont region, Italy |
| Died | April 24, 1942 (aged 35) South Persia (Iran) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot |
| Burial place | Tabriz, Iran |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | Conservatoir de Paris |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Political party | anti-Fascist and Communist |
| Spouse | Winston Burdett |
Lea Schiavi, also known as Lea Schiavi Burdett, (March 2, 1907 – April 24, 1942), an Italian dissident journalist writing for left-wing journals in opposition to the Italian fascist government led by Benito Mussolini. Her husband Winston Burdett believed Schiavi was assassinated by either the Russians, Italian anti-fascists, or Persians while traveling through Iran.[1][2]
- ^ "Lea, l' antifascista ammazzata in Iran". Archivio - la Repubblica.it.
- ^ United States, Congress, Senate, Committee on the Judiciary (1955). "Strategy and Tactics of World Communism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 58, Parts 11-17". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1802.
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