Pierre Milza

1932 - 2018

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Lycée Voltaire, Lycée Turgot

occupation: historian, university teacher, assistant professor, assistant professor

award received: Commander of the National Order of Merit, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Prix de la biographie du Point, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Marcel Pollitzer Prize, prix Scritture dell'emigrazione, Paul-Michel Perret Prize, Italiques award, Pierre Lafue Prize, Grand prix du livre d'histoire de la Société des gens de lettres, Officer of the Legion of Honour

position held: professor, president, Directeur

Pierre Milza (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ milza]; 16 April 1932 – 28 February 2018) was a French historian. His work focused mainly on the history of Italy, the history of Italian immigration to France and the history of fascism, of which he was a recognized specialist. He was professor emeritus at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), where he taught contemporary history. He also taught for a year at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Pierre Milza is notably the author of Voyage en Italie, or "History of Italy", as well as of biographies of Mussolini, Napoleon III and Garibaldi. Source: Wikipedia (en)