Miriam Mafai

Miriam Mafai (2 February 1926 - 9 April 2012) was an Italian journalist, author and politician.

Life and career Born in Florence, the daughter of the Scuola Romana artists Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphaël and the sister of the politician Simona and of the scenographer , Mafai grew up in Rome but Italian racial laws forced her to move first in Viareggio and later in Genoa.

During the World War II together with her sisters she joined the Italian Communist Party and after the war became a party official and served as a Councillor of the Municipality of Pescara. She debuted as a journalist in 1956, working as a reporter for the magazine Vie Nuove.