biography
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Contessa Lara
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pseudonym of Evelina Cattermole Mancini
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pronunciation:
[kontaysa lahra]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1849–96)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy. She wrote feature articles and love poems, including Canti e ghirlande (1867), Versi (1883), and Nuovi versi (1897). Renowned for her troubled love life, she was eventually killed by one of her lovers. |
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