Luciana Castellina (born 9 August 1929) is an Italian journalist, writer, politician, and feminist.[1][2]
Luciana Castellina | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 17 July 1979 – 19 July 1999 | |
| Constituency | Central Italy (1979–1984; 1989–1999) North-East Italy (1984–1989) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 23 April 1992 – 6 May 1992 | |
| Constituency | Perugia |
| In office 12 July 1983 – 23 May 1984 | |
| Constituency | Milan |
| In office 5 July 1976 – 4 October 1979 | |
| Constituency | Como |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1929 Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (1947–1970; 1984–1991) PdUP (1974–1984) PRC (1991–1996) SEL (2015–2017) SI (since 2017) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Occupation | Politician, journalist, writer |
Biography
editCastellina was born in Rome on 9 August 1929. She graduated in law from Sapienza University of Rome. In 1947, she joined the Italian Communist Party. Castellina started her career in journalism in the 1950s, working for the daily newspaper Paese Sera. She later worked for several other newspapers, including L'Unità, il manifesto, and Liberazione. Her writings focused on issues such as workers' rights, feminism, and communism. In 1974, she was co-founder of the Proletarian Unity Party for Communism. She served four terms in Italy's Chamber of Deputies and twenty years in the European Parliament. As a member of the European Parliament, she served as chair of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media and of the Committee on External Economic Relations.[3][4][5]
Castellina was president of Italia cinema, an agency to promote Italian films abroad, from 1998 to 2003.[3] She served as editor of Nuova Generazione, a Communist youth magazine, and of Liberazione, and also played an important role at il manifesto.[5][2] Castellina was named an Officier in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Comendadora (Commander) of the Republic of Argentina.[3] In the 2015 Italian presidential election, Left Ecology Freedom supported Castellina's name as possible successor of Giorgio Napolitano as president of Italy. She was supported for the first three ballots until the party decided to support for the fourth ballot Sergio Mattarella, who was later elected president.[6]
Personal life
editCastellina has been married to Italian Communist Party leader Alfredo Reichlin. They had two children, Lucrezia and Pietro, both of them economists.
Electoral history
edit| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1976 | Chamber of Deputies | Como | DP | 2,862 |  Elected
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| 1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Como | PdUP | 1,598 | Elected
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| 1979 | European Parliament | Central Italy | PdUP | 14,957 | Elected
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| 1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | PCI | 30,044 | Elected
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| 1984 | European Parliament | North-East Italy | PCI | 89,998 | Elected
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| 1989 | European Parliament | Central Italy | PCI | 75,826 | Elected
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| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Perugia–Terni–Rieti | PRC | 3,105 | Elected
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| 1994 | European Parliament | Central Italy | PRC | 68,127 | Elected
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Selected books
edit- Cinquant'anni d'Europa (2007)
- Eurollywood, Il difficile ingresso della cultura nella costruzione dell'Europa (2008)
- La scoperta del mondo (2011), a finalist for the Strega Prize
- Siberiana (2012), winner of the Letterario Vallombrosa Prize
- Guardati dalla mia fame (2014), with Milena Agus
- Manuale antiretorico dell'Unione Europea (2016)
References
edit- ^ Bull, Anna Cento (2017). Speaking Out and Silencing: Culture, Society and Politics in Italy in the 1970s. Routledge. p. 56.
- ^ a b Cornils, Ingo (2010). Memories of 1968: International Perspectives. Peter Lang. p. 354.
- ^ a b c "Luciana Castellina" (in Spanish). Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
- ^ "Luciana Castellina". European parliament MEPs.
- ^ a b Mulhern, Francis (2011). Lives on the Left: A Group Portrait. Verso Books. p. 150. ISBN 978-1844676996.
- ^ "Elezione Presidente della Repubblica: sì unanime del Pd a Mattarella. Berlusconi: "Riforme non vedranno luce"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.