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Miriam Mafai

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Miriam Mafai
Born2 February 1926 (1926-02-02)
Florence, Italy
Died9 April 2012 (2012-04-10) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
Occupationjournalist

Miriam Mafai (2 February 1926 - 9 April 2012) was an Italian journalist, author and politician.

Life and career

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Born in Florence, the daughter of the Scuola Romana artists Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphaël and the sister of the politician Simona and of the scenographer Giulia [it], Mafai grew up in Rome but Italian racial laws forced her to move first in Viareggio and later in Genoa.[1][2]

During the World War II together with her sisters she joined the Italian Communist Party and after the war became a party official and served as a Councillor of the Municipality of Pescara.[1][3] She debuted as a journalist in 1956, working as a reporter for the magazine Vie Nuove.[1][2] After working for L'Unità she was chief editor of the feminist magazine Noi donne between 1964 and 1969.[1] She was a co-founder of the newspaper La Repubblica, with which she collaborated until her death.[1] She was also active as an essayist, whose favorite themes were the role of women in the society and the history of Communism.[1][3] In 2004 she briefly returned to the politics, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies with Democratic Alliance.[1]

During her career Mafai was the recipient of several accolades and honours, including the title of Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2003.[1] She had a long relationship with communist politician Giancarlo Pajetta, from 1962 until his death in 1990.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mancina, Claudia (2016). "Mafai, Miriam". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 96. Treccani.
  2. ^ a b "Miriam Mafai - Nata sotto il segno felice del disordine". Rai Cultura (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "È morta la giornalista e scrittrice Miriam Mafai, la «ragazza rossa» che firmò il Diario italiano". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Miriam Mafai, dall'amore trentennale con Pajetta alla delusione dell'esperienza in Parlamento". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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