Pierre Milza

Pierre Milza (; 16 April 193228 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.

Early life Milza was born in Paris, France to Italian parents. His father, Olivier Milza, was born near Parma in Italy. His status as a child of immigrants 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) 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.

Independently

Volume I: De 1945 à 1973 Volume II: De 1871 à 1914 Conversations Hitler-Mussolini

(2 volumes)

Mussolini

Voltaire

Volume I: Volume II:

Garibaldi

With Serge Berstein Milza collaborated with fellow historian Serge Berstein to produce academic works and textbooks.

(5 volume series)

Other collaborations (with Marianne Amar) (with Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard) (with Marianne Benteli) (with Antoine Marès)