Italian Historian, Journalist, and Novelist. A world renowned classical liberalist, he is best remembered for his 5 volume masterpiece "Greatness and Decline of Rome" (1907 to 1909). He initially studied to become a lawyer but then embarked upon a writing career. Prior to World War I, he toured extensively in Europe and the Eastern US, giving lectures and writing novels and political essays. Strongly opposed to dictatorial governments, he was placed under house arrest after Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy in 1922. In 1929 he was allowed to leave after accepting a professorship at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and remained there for the rest of his life. His other notable works include "The Young Europe (1897), "Characters and Events of Roman History from Caesar to Nero" (1909), "The Women of the Caesars" (1911), "Between two Worlds" (1913), "Ancient Rome and Modern America" (1914), "Europe's Fateful Hour" (1918), "Problems of Peace, from the Holy Alliance to the League of Nations" (1919), "The Ruin of the Ancient Civilization and the Triumph of Christianity" (1921), "Speeches to the Deaf" (1925), and "Peace and War" (1933). During his life, he received 20 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at the age of 71.
Italian Historian, Journalist, and Novelist. A world renowned classical liberalist, he is best remembered for his 5 volume masterpiece "Greatness and Decline of Rome" (1907 to 1909). He initially studied to become a lawyer but then embarked upon a writing career. Prior to World War I, he toured extensively in Europe and the Eastern US, giving lectures and writing novels and political essays. Strongly opposed to dictatorial governments, he was placed under house arrest after Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy in 1922. In 1929 he was allowed to leave after accepting a professorship at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and remained there for the rest of his life. His other notable works include "The Young Europe (1897), "Characters and Events of Roman History from Caesar to Nero" (1909), "The Women of the Caesars" (1911), "Between two Worlds" (1913), "Ancient Rome and Modern America" (1914), "Europe's Fateful Hour" (1918), "Problems of Peace, from the Holy Alliance to the League of Nations" (1919), "The Ruin of the Ancient Civilization and the Triumph of Christianity" (1921), "Speeches to the Deaf" (1925), and "Peace and War" (1933). During his life, he received 20 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at the age of 71.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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