Simeoni, together with his brother Max, were the leaders of the Aleria siege, which started the modern Corsican nationalism.[5]
Biography
Simeoni was born 6 August 1934 in Corte, Corsica.[6] His father was Ferdinand Simeoni, who was the mayor of Lozzi. He grew up in Francardu and graduated at the Bastia High School. He studied medicine and specialized in gastroenterology.[7]
Simeoni relocated in Bastia and practiced medicine there for several years. He died on 14 December 2018 at Ajaccio, Corsica. Thousands of Corsicans attended his funeral and a tribute that lasted for three days.[8] At the time of his death, he was considered the most prominent Corsican political figure in the past 50 years.[9]
Activism
Edmond and Max Simeoni participated in the elections during the 1960s without much success.[10] They then founded the Action Regionaliste Corse in 1967.[11] The organization was banned in 1973 but was revived as the Azzione per a Rinascita Corsa (Action for a Reborn Corsica, ARC).[11] Two years later, the Simeoni brothers led a group of 50 ARC militants and took over a French wine depot in Aleria.[11]
Books
1975: Le Piège d’Aleria, édition Lattes
1985: La Volonté d’être, éditions Albiana
2003: Un combat pour la Corse, éditions Le Cherche Midi – Entretien avec Pierre Dottelonde
2008: Lettre aux femmes corses, éditions DCL – stamparia Sammarcelli
^Watson, Michael (2013). Contemporary Minority Nationalism. Oxon: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN0415000653.
^ abcMcGarry, John; McGarry, Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy John (2001). Northern Ireland and the Divided World: Post-Agreement Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 244. ISBN0-19-829633-9.
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