Marie Louise Berneri

Marie Louise Berneri (born Maria Luisa Berneri; 1 March 1918 – 13 April 1949) was an anarchist activist and author. She was born in Arezzo, 50 miles southeast of Florence Italy, the elder daughter of two anarchist parents, Camillo Berneri, an anti-fascist activist, and his wife Giovanna Berneri, a militant libertarian anarchist. However, she spent much of her life outside Italy, in Spain, France (Paris} and finally in England (London). In London she became a member of the editorial collectives of Spain and the World, [https://archive.org/search?query=Revolt%21+Incorporating+Spain Revolt! Incorporating Spain and the World], ''War Commentary'' and ''Freedom'', to all of which she contributed many articles. She wrote a survey of utopias, ''Journey Through Utopia'', which was first published in 1950 and re-issued in 2020. ''Neither East Nor West'', a collection of her articles in ''War Commentary'' and ''Freedom'', was first published in 1952 and republished in 1988.

In December 1948 Berneri gave birth at home to a boy, who died shortly afterwards. She died on 13 April 1949 at the age of 31, after having contracted a viral infection during childbirth. She was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery and her ashes were scattered in a North London park. Berneri had four languages: Italian, French, Spanish and English. Ward (2014) reflected: 'I have often wondered about the books she might have written but for the tragedy of her death'. Provided by Wikipedia