Miriam Mafai (24 March 1931 - 11 January 2011) was an Italian journalist, author and politician.

Life and career

Born in

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, the daughter of the

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artists Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphaël and the sister of the politician Simona and of the scenographer , Mafai grew up in Rome but Italian racial laws forced her to move first in

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and later in

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.Mancina, Claudia (2016).
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'', Vol. 96.

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. During the

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together with her sisters she joined the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ...

and after the war became a party official and served as a Councillor of the Municipality of

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. She debuted as a journalist in 1956, working as a reporter for the magazine '' Vie Nuove''. After working for ''

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'' she was chief editor of the feminist magazine '' Noi donne'' between 1964 and 1969. She was a co-founder of the newspaper ''

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'', with which she collaborated until her death. She was also active as an essayist, whose favorite themes were the role of women in the society and the history of Communism. In 2004 she briefly returned to the politics, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies with Democratic Alliance. 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. She had a long relationship with communist politician Giancarlo Pajetta, from 1962 until his death in 1990.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mafai , Miriam 1931 births 2011 deaths Italian essayists 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian women politicians Politicians from Florence Italian Communist Party politicians Democratic Alliance (Italy) politicians