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Michele Columbu

Michele Columbu

Italian politician and writer

Michele Columbu (8 February 1914 – 10 July 2012[1]) was an Italian politician[2] and writer from Ollolai, Sardinia.

Michele Columbu

For decades, between World War II and the 1970s he was the leader of the Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az),[3] a Sardinian nationalist party calling for detachment from Italy and fiercely contesting the presence of NATO military bases in Sardinia. He was elected into the European Parliament in 1984.[4]

He wrote a collection of short stories, L'aurora è lontana (1968), and the essay collection Senza un perché.

References

  1. [1]
    Obituary
  2. [2]
    Stephens, Meic (1976). Linguistic minorities in Western Europe. p. 548. ISBN 9780850883626.
  3. [3]
    Day, Alan John (1988). Political parties of the world (3rd ed.). Cartermill International. pp. 309. ISBN 0582026261.
  4. [4]
    Jacobs, Francis (1989). Western European political parties: a comprehensive guide. Longman. pp. 225–227. ISBN 9780582001138.


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