Mario Mieli (21 May 1952, Milan – 12 March 1983) was an Italian activist, writer, playwright, and gender studies theorist. He is considered one of the founders of the Italian homosexual movement, and one of the leading theoreticians in Italian homosexual activism. He is best known for his essay Elementi di critica omosessuale (Homosexuality and liberation: elements of a gay critique) published in its first edition in 1977, and was one of the founders of FUORI! (Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano, United Italian Homosexual Revolutionary Front). [1] He died by suicide at the age of 30.[2]


Works

Books

  • Mieli, Mario (1977), Elementi di critica omosessuale (in Italian), G. Einaudi, ISBN 978-88-07-10339-1, OCLC 3670522
  • Mieli, Mario (1980), Homosexuality and liberation: elements of a gay critique, Gay Men's Press, ISBN 978-0-907040-01-9
  • Mieli, Mario (1994), Il risveglio dei Faraoni (in Italian), Edito per conto dell'Associazione culturale Centro d'iniziativa Luca Rossi dalla Cooperativa Colibri, ISBN 978-88-86345-01-9, OCLC 34221019
  • Pezzana, Angelo (1976), La Politica del corpo (in Italian), Savelli, OCLC 3446167

Plays

  • Collettivo Nostra Signora dei Fiori (1977), La Traviata Norma : ovvero, Vaffanculo ... ebbene sì! (in Italian), L'erba voglio, OCLC 4005687
  • Ciò detto, passo oltre
  • Krakatoa

Pamphlets

  • Towards a Gay Communism [London: pirate productions, 1980]
  • Mieli, Mario; Santini, Francesco (1974), Comune futura (in Italian), OCLC 84592884

References

  1. ↑ "Mario Mieli".
  2. ↑ "Mario Mieli". Pluto Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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