Mario Mieli (21 May 1952,

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– 12 March 1983) was an Italian activist, writer, playwright, and gender studies theorist. He is considered one of the founders of the Italian homosexual movement, and one of the leading theoreticians in Italian homosexual activism. He is best known for his essay ''Elementi di critica omosessuale'' (Homosexuality and liberation: elements of a gay critique) published in its first edition in 1977, and was one of the founders of ''FUORI!'' (''Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano'', United Italian Homosexual Revolutionary Front). https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14147

Works

Books

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Plays

* * ''Ciò detto, passo oltre'' * ''Krakatoa''

Pamphlets

*''Towards a Gay Communism'' ondon: pirate productions, 1980*

References

1952 births 1983 deaths 1983 suicides 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian Jews Italian Marxists Jewish dramatists and playwrights Jewish socialists Gay dramatists and playwrights LGBT Jews LGBT and suicide Suicides by gas Italian LGBT writers {{playwright-stub