Italian writer Michela Murgia dies aged 51 - Wanted in Rome
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Michela Murgia, the award-winning Italian writer and political activist, died in Rome on Thursday evening aged 51, following a battle with kidney cancer.
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Murgia died in Rome after battle with cancer.
Michela Murgia, the award-winning Italian writer, intellectual and rights activist, died in Rome on Thursday aged 51, a few months after announcing that she had stage four kidney cancer.
A prominent feminist and champion of liberal values, Murgia spo
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