Carlo Ginzburg

Carlo Ginzburg
Carlo Ginzburg
	Ginzburg in 2013
Born	15 April 1939; Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died	17 June 2026 (aged 87); Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Education	University of Pisa (PhD)
Occupations	Historian; microhistorian;
Years active	1966–2026
Spouse	Anna Rossi-Doria (divorced)
Children	2, including Lisa
Parents	Leone Ginzburg (father); Natalia Levi (mother);
Relatives	Giuseppe Levi (grandfather); Margherita Sarfatti (second cousin once removed); Silvio Tanzi (granduncle); Drusilla Tanzi (grandaunt); Eugenio Tanzi (great-granduncle);
Awards	Balzan Prize (2010)
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Carlo Ginzburg (it; 15 April 1939 – 17 June 2026) was an Italian historian. He was one of the founders of the field of microhistory. His works include The Night Battles, The Cheese and the Worms, and Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath.

Ginzburg died on 17 June 2026 in Bologna, Italy at the age of 87.^[1]

References

↑ "Quando Carlo Ginzburg disse: 'Di Bologna adoro le biblioteche'. Addio allo storico conosciuto in tutto il mondo". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

Other websites

Ginzburg UCLA Homepage
Carlo Ginzburg at the International Balzan Prize Foundation
On the Dark Side – Ginzburg interview
Review of Cheese and the Worms (PDF) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
“An Interview with Carlo Ginzburg by Yehuda Safran and Daniel Sherer,” Potlatch 5 (2022), 1–55.
Carlo Ginzburg on IMDb

[1] "Quando Carlo Ginzburg disse: 'Di Bologna adoro le biblioteche'. Addio allo storico conosciuto in tutto il mondo". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

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