Eva Colorni (1941–1985) was an Italian economist.
Eva Colorni was born in Italy in 1941 to anti-fascist activists Eugenio Colorni and Ursula Hirschmann. Her father was a socialist philosopher, while her mother was a German-born economist that had fled Nazi Germany. [1] Her father was killed by fascists during World War II. [2] Her mother remarried Altiero Spinelli, who became Colorni's stepfather. [3]
Colorni attended the University of Pavia and then began teaching. She moved to India where she taught at the Delhi School of Economics. She then moved to England. [1] Colorni began dating Amartya Sen, [4] with whom she moved to North London in 1973. [1] They married in 1978 and had two children together. [4] After being diagnosed with cancer, she continued to teach for nearly two additional terms. [1] She died of stomach cancer in 1985. [2]
Colorni helped guide Sen's work, directing his attention to "practical issues of importance". [5] She is credited, also, as an influence on her uncle, Albert O. Hirschman. [3]