Pierre Milza

Pierre 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.

Pierre Milza
Born	April 16, 1932 Paris, France
Died	February 28, 2018 Saint-Malo, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	French Historian Professor Emeritus at the Paris Institute of Political Studies
Known for	Author of the biographies of Napoleon III, Garibaldi, and Mussolini

He was professor emeritus at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, where he taught contemporary history.

Pierre Milza is notably the author of Voyage en Ritalie, or "History of Italy", as well as of biographies of Mussolini, Napoleon III and Garibaldi.

Early life

Milza was a second-generation Italian immigrant, born in Paris, France to Italian parents. His father, Olivier Milza, was born near Parma in Italy.[1][2] His status as an immigrant motivated his studies in Italian history and Italian-French immigration. Milza first visited Italy at 16, learned Italian and began to study history.

Distinctions

• Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
• 1994: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2008: Commander of the National Order of Merit
• 2013: Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (named Officer in 2000)[3]

Milza was a member of the François Mitterrand Institute.

Publications

Throughout his career, Milza wrote many books about fascism and the history of Italy. In addition to these publications, Milza devoted time to writing biographies for different figures including Mussolini, Voltaire, Garibaldi and Napoleon III.[4]

Independently

De Versailles à Berlin (1919–1945)[5] Fascisme français: passé et présent Les Fascismes Les relations internationales Volume I: De 1945 à 1973 Volume II: De 1871 à 1914 Conversations Hitler-Mussolini[6] L’Italie fasciste devant l’opinion française Français et Italiens à la fin du xix^e siècle (2 volumes) Le Nouveau Désordre mondial Voyage en Ritalie Les Relations internationales de 1918 à 1939 Sources de la France au xx^e siècle

Mussolini Verdi et son temps L'Europe en chemise noire Napoléon III Histoire de l’Italie des origines à nos jours Voltaire L'Année terrible Volume I: La Guerre franco-prussienne, septembre 1870 - mars 1871 Volume II: La Commune Les Relations internationales de 1871 à 1914 Les Derniers Jours de Mussolini Garibaldi Pie XII

With Serge Berstein

Milza collaborated with fellow historian Serge Berstein to produce academic works and textbooks.[4]

• Le Fascisme italien, 1919-1945
• Histoire de la France au XXe siècle
• Histoire, les civilisations
• L' Italia contemporaine, du Risorgimento à la chute du fascisme
• L’Allemagne de 1870 à nos jours
• Axes et méthodes de l’histoire politique
• L’Italie fasciste
• Histoire de la France au xx^e siècle (5 volume series)
• L’Italie contemporaine. Des nationalistes aux Européens
• L’Allemagne 1870-1991
• Axes et méthodes de l’histoire politique
• Histoire de l’Europe contemporaine
• Dictionnaire historique des fascismes et du nazisme

Other collaborations

• L'Immigration en France au 20e siècle (with Marianne Amar)
• Le Nogent des Italiens (with Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard)
• Le Fascisme au xx^e siècle (with Marianne Benteli)
• Le Paris des étrangers depuis 1945 (with Antoine Marès)

References

1. Schor, Ralph. "Pierre Milza Voyage en Italie". Retrieved 27 March 2016.
2. "Pierre Milza, un Italien à Paris". www.lhistoire.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-07.
3. "Décret du 12 juillet 2013 portant promotion". Légifrance. 14 July 2013.
4. "Pierre Milza, une histoire qui a marqué plusieurs générations". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-07.
5. "De Versailles à Berlin (1919-1945)". Armand Colin (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-07.
6. "Hitler et Mussolini : leurs conversations vues par Milza". FIGARO (in French). 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

External links

• Touret, Denis. "Pierre Milza". www.denistouret.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-13.