The SWF breaks the news of Silvio Corio’s death
to comrades in Italy
(Written in French.)
c/o Syndicalist Workers Federation,
25a Amberley Road., London, W.9, England
[undated] [January 1954]
M. Mantovani
Piazza G. Grandi,
N.4,
Milan, Italy.
Dear Comrade Mantovani,
It is with great sadness that we
have to inform you of the death of our dear old comrade, SILVIO CORIO, He was 78 years old.
He died on Monday 11th
January. His body was cremated on 14th January at Manor Park, in
north-east London.
Apparently comrade Corio, two
weeks before his death, received the news that his sister had died in
Palermo. As I believe you know, he had
not been in good health in recent years and the shock of that unexpected news
was too much for him to bear.
Our good comrade Corio remained
an active militant until the end of his life. On the 2nd of November
he attended the sessions of the congress of our section of the IWMA (SWF), to
which he had been affiliated since it was founded in 1950. He made several
contributions to the conference debates, making
practical suggestions for developing the anarcho-syndicalist movement in
Britain. That was the last time we saw Silvio Corio. He wrote to our group in
London after the Congress, however, and
we didn’t know he was shortly to leave us for ever. We retain the best memories
of him: his exemplary life, his friendship, his profound sense of solidarity.
We
expect you will wish to publish an obituary notice in Il Libertario. We should be very grateful if you would do us the
favour of passing on this sad news to the other publications of the Italian
anarchist press, in particular Guerra di
Classe and l’Umanita Nova.
In great sorrow, comrade, and with our fraternal wishes.
(Ken Hawkes)
[Translation: Liz
Willis]
IWMA = International Workingmen’s Association
(in the terminology of the time, regrettable perhaps but not to be taken to imply male
exclusivity). The French is AIT, Association Inernationale
des Travailleurs.
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