Diodata Saluzzo Roero

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Diodata Saluzzo Roero
Born 1774
Piedmont
Died 1840
Occupation Poet

Born in Piedmont, Countess Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774-1840) was an Italian poet.

Widely admired by her contemporaries, she served as the inspiration for the protagonist in Anne Louise Germaine de Staël's 1807 Corinne.[1]

Roero was one of the first women admitted to the Academy of Arcadia in 1795[1], and the following year released her first collection of poems.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Letizia Panizza & Sharon Wood. "A History of Women's Writing in Italy". pp 144.
  2. ^ Russell, Rinaldina. "Italian Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook " pp 375.


Persondata
NAME Saluzzo Roero, Diodata
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian Countess and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Piedmont
DATE OF DEATH 1840
PLACE OF DEATH Italy
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