Italian feminist philosopher Luisa Muraro dies at 85

Luisa Muraro, a leading Italian feminist philosopher and co-founder of the Libreria delle donne di Milano and the feminist philosophical community Diotima, has died at age 85. She would have turned 86 on June 14. Muraro taught theoretical philosophy at the University of Verona, where in 1983 she founded Diotima with Adriana Cavarero and others. Born in Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, she worked with Lea Melandri and Elvio Fachinelli on the magazine L'erba voglio. In 1975, she co-founded the Libreria delle donne with lawyer Lia Cigarini, which became a key meeting space in Milan. Muraro translated works by Luce Irigaray and authored numerous books including "Maglia o uncinetto" (1981), "Guglielma e Maifreda" (1985), "L'ordine simbolico della madre" (1991), "Il Dio delle donne" (2003), "Non è da tutti" (2011), "Autorità" (2013), and "L'anima del corpo" (2016). In 2025, the Libreria delle donne published a conversation with Clara Jourdan titled "Esserci davvero."