Michele Columbu
Michele Columbu was an Italian politician and writer from Ollolai, Sardinia.
For decades, between World War II and the 1970s he was the leader of the Sardinian Action Party, a Sardinian nationalist party calling for detachment from Italy and fiercely contesting the presence of NATO military bases in Sardinia. He was elected into the European Parliament in 1984.
He wrote a collection of short stories, L'aurora è lontana, and the essay collection Senza un perché.
