Michele Columbu

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


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