Gaetano Arfé (12 November 1925,

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– 13 September 2007) was an Italian politician, historian, and journalist. From 1966 to 1976 he published the ''

Avanti! ''Avanti!'' is a 1972 American/Italian international co-production comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Samuel A. Taylor's play, ...

'', the official newspaper of the

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, whom he represented as a

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(MEP) from 1979 to 1984. He died at the age of 81 on September 13, 2007 in

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Political career

In 1968, Arfé raised concerns about the anti-democratic radicalization of the Italian student movement.

Works

* ''Storia dell'Avanti!'' (1958) * ''Storia del socialismo italiano 1892-1926'' (1965) * ''Storia delle idee politiche economiche e sociali'' (1972) (published in 5 volumes) * ''La questione socialista'' (1986) * ''I socialisti del mio secolo'' (2002) * ''Scritti di storia e politica'' (2005)

References

* Ciro Raia, ''Gaetano Arfé. Un socialista del mio Paese'', Piero Lacaita editore, Manduria-Bari, 2003 1925 births 2007 deaths People from the Province of Naples Italian Socialist Party politicians Independent Left (Italy) politicians Senators of Legislature VI of Italy Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Senators of Legislature X of Italy Italian Socialist Party MEPs MEPs for Italy 1979–1984 Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-MEP-stub

Political career

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