Charles Malato
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Charles Malato (1857–1938) was a French
anarchist
and writer.
He was born to a noble
King of Naples.[1] Though Count Malato ferociously suppressed a popular anti-dynastic insurrection,[1] his son – Charles' father – supported the communards of the Paris Commune, and was banished as a result to the penal colony of New Caledonia, where Charles was born. After the amnesty of anarchists and communists, Charles and his by that time ninety-year-old father returned to Paris, where they immersed themselves in the anarchist movement
.
On his return to France, Malato was condemned to fifteen months in prison for inciting murder, pillage and arson,nationalist activities. According to The New York Times Malato wrote articles "remarkable for their literary grace", was well known in political and literary circles, and "noted for the perfection of his manners".[1]
He was accused by French police in 1905 of organising an assassination attempt against King
La Bataille Syndicaliste, and became friends with the anarchist educator Francisco Ferrer
.
At the outset of
union sacrée and a signatory of the pro-Allies Manifesto of the Sixteen
.
Publications
- Joyeusetés de l’exil
- La Grande Grève
- "Le Nouveau Faust" Edité à Barcelone 'La Esculela Moderna' 1919, a philosophical-fantastical drama with illustrations by Robert Louis Antral. A volume in-12 of 78 pp., cover illustrated in colour.
