Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, author, and feminist.[1][2]
Biography
Rossanda was born in Pula, then part of Kingdom of Italy. She studied in Milan and was a student of philosopher Antonio Banfi. At a very young age, she took part in the Italian resistance. Following the end of World War II, she joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). After a short period, the party secretary Palmiro Togliatti named her responsible for culture in the party. She was elected for the first time to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1963.
In 1968, Rossanda published a small essay entitled L'anno degli studenti ("The Year of the Students"), in which she declared her support for the youth movement. Rossanda was part of a minority inside the PCI that was against the Soviet Union, and together with Luigi Pintor, Valentino Parlato, and Lucio Magri founded the party and newspaper il manifesto