Leone Ginzburg

Leone Ginzburg
Born(1909-04-04)4 April 1909
Odessa, Russian Empire
Died5 February 1944(1944-02-05) (aged 34)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
  • teacher
  • anti-fascist activist
NationalityItalian
EducationLiceo Ginnasio Massimo d'Azeglio
Spouse
(m. 1938)
Children3, including Carlo Ginzburg

Leone Ginzburg (Italian: [leˈoːne ˈɡintsburɡ], German: [ˈɡɪntsbʊʁk], Ukrainian: [ˈɡinzbʊrɡ]; 4 April 1909 – 5 February 1944) was an Italian editor, writer, journalist and teacher, as well as an important anti-fascist political activist and a hero of the resistance movement. He was the husband of the renowned author Natalia Ginzburg and the father of the historian Carlo Ginzburg.