Name of Object:

An Italian booklet printed in Tunis in 1898 by Socialist and Anarchist Typography on the trial against the Italian anarchist leader Enrico Malatesta

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Library of Modern and Contemporary History

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea

Date of Object:

1898

Description:

Enrico Malatesta (1853-1932) was one of the most important Italian anarchist leaders and theorists. He spent a good part of his life in exile in different countries (including Argentina, Egypt, France, Lebanon, Siria, England and the United States). In 1882, he went to Egypt to support the revolt of Ahmad Urabi and was arrested by British authorities. In 1897, he was living in Ancona, in Central Italy, when he was arrested and put on trial. After serving seven months in prison, he was placed in internal exile on the island of Lampedusa (south of Sicily) from where, in 1899, he fled to Tunisia, then to Malta, then on to England.
Italians in Tunisia set up a number of associations, political groups, newspapers, and cultural institutions of different political persuasions.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Una pagina di storia del partito socialista-anarchico: resoconto del processo Malatesta e c.ni, Tunisi: Tipografia socialista-anarchica, 1898

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "An Italian booklet printed in Tunis in 1898 by Socialist and Anarchist Typography on the trial against the Italian anarchist leader Enrico Malatesta" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;104;en;N

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 104