Anti-fascist novelist was a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and had recently made her illness public
Michela Murgia, the Italian writer and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 51.
Murgia, who was born in Cabras, Sardinia, and was known for her campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights and euthanasia, publicly revealed (in Italian) a few months ago that she had been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. The award-winning writer and intellectual decided to speak openly about her illness, continuing to write articles and speak at public debates.
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