biography
pronunciation:
[sayrow]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1856–1927)
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| biography:
| Novelist, and newspaper editor, born in Patras, Greece. She graduated as a teacher in Naples, worked in a telegraph office, and started writing articles for newspapers (1876–8). She wrote about 40 novels of Neapolitan life, including Il paese di cuccagna (1890, The Land of Cockayne), and Il romanzo della fanciulla (1886, trans A Girl's Romance). In 1904 she founded the influential daily newspaper Il Giorno, which she edited for the rest of her life. |
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