We join the mourning of the family, companions and comrades of Rio de
Janeiro for the premature and sudden death, on November 6, 2024 at theage of fifty, of Giovanni Stiffoni. Originally from Milan and a citizen
of the world, Giovanni was a fervent anarchist activist, researcher and
historian of refined qualities, a man of free spirit, traveler and
cheerful storyteller, who had found in Rio in the last ten years of his
life a place where he felt at home. ---- A sensitive person, very dear
and esteemed by all, he lived cultivating his loves: for his life
partner, for research and for libertarian activism. Before moving
permanently to Brazil he had spent about fifteen years, for study and
work between France and Spain. In love with Rio and anarchy, he planned
to stay there to continue his career as a university professor. He had
participated in the great popular mobilizations of 2013-2014.
In 2012 he obtained a doctorate in Modern and Contemporary History and
Civilization at the University of Bordeaux with a thesis, later
published, on «Camillo Berneri (1897-1937). Myths, races and realities
of an anarchist intellectual.»
His research had led him to frequent several Italian and Spanish
anarchist archives, in particular the Archivio Famiglia Berneri-Aurelio
Chessa in Reggio Emilia, and the Archivo de la Guerra Civil in
Salamanca. He was a professor of Italian Language and History at the
universities of Nice, Bordeaux and Malaga. In Rio de Janeiro, as a
teacher-researcher he was a professor of Contemporary History at the
state universities of Rio (Unirio) and Niterói (UFF). He was currently
doing post-doctoral research at the Universidade Statale de Rio de
Janeiro (UERJ) on the relationships between Italian anarchists who
emigrated to Brazil in the early 1900s and local communities.
As an activist, he had been part of the dissolved Liga Anarchica di Rio
and was currently frequenting local anarchist groups. He was one of the
most active curators of the Instituto de Estudos
Libertários[https://ielibertarios.wordpress.com/inicio/].
Always present at meetings and gatherings of militants, as well as in
study and research areas, he instilled good humor and empathy. A
polyglot, he was a tireless translator of conferences, articles and
lessons from French and Italian into Portuguese. With Giovanni, we lose
a scholar and a good and kind companion, a "militant of the anarchist
cause", loved for his "engaging cheerfulness".
(edited by C.R and G.S.)
https://umanitanova.org/in-ricordo-di-giovanni-stiffoni-1974-2024/
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