Lea Schiavi

Lea Schiavi
BornMarch 2, 1907
Borgosesia, Province of Vercelli, Piedmont region, Italy
DiedApril 24, 1942(1942-04-24) (aged 35)
South Persia (Iran)
Cause of deathGunshot
Burial placeTabriz, Iran
NationalityItalian
Alma materConservatoir de Paris
OccupationJournalist
Political partyanti-Fascist and Communist
SpouseWinston 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]

  1. ^ "Lea, l' antifascista ammazzata in Iran". Archivio - la Repubblica.it.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)