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Matilde Serao

January 01, 1970

Matilde Serao (Italian pronunciation: [maˈtilde seˈraːo]; Greek: Ματθίλδη Σεράο; 14 March 1856 – 25 July 1927) was an Italian journalist and novelist. She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions.[1]

Matilde Serao
Photograph by Giacomo Brogi (before 1909)
Born(1856-03-14)14 March 1856
Patras, Greece
Died25 July 1927(1927-07-25) (aged 71)
Naples, Kingdom of Italy
SpouseEdoardo Scarfoglio
Matilde Serao, by "Rossi"

Biography edit

 
The house in Patras where Matilde Serao and Kostis Palamas were born

Serao was born in the Greek city of Patras to an Italian father, Francesco Serao, and a Greek mother, Paolina Borely (or Bonelly).[2][3] Her father, a Neapolitan journalist, had emigrated to Greece from Naples for political reasons.[3][4]

In 1860 the family moved back to Italy, first to Carinola and then to Naples. Serao grew up in poverty and worked as a schoolmistress, an experience later described in the preface to a book of short stories called Leggende Napolitane (Napoletan Legends, 1881). She first gained notoriety after publishing her short stories in Il Piccolo, a newspaper edited by Rocco de Zerbi and her first novel, Fantasia (Fantasy, 1883), which established her as an author capable of writing with sentiment and analytical subtleties.

She spent the years between 1880 and 1886 in Rome, where she wrote her next five volumes of short stories and novels, all dealing with the struggles of ordinary people, and distinguished by great accuracy of observation and depth of insight: Cuore infermo (1881), Fior di passione (1883), La conquista di Roma (1885), La Virtù di checchina (1884), and Piccole anime (1883).

With her husband, Edoardo Scarfoglio, she founded Il Corriere di Roma, the first Italian attempt to model a daily journal along the lines of the Parisian press. The paper was short lived, and after its demise Serao established herself in Naples where she edited Il Corriere di Napoli. In 1892 she co-founded Il Mattino with her husband, which became the most important and most widely read daily paper of southern Italy. She established and ran her own newspaper, "Il Giorno" in 1904 until her death. The stress of a journalistic career in no way limited her literary activity; between 1890 and 1902 she produced Il paese di cuccagna, Il ventre di Napoli, Addio amore, All'erta sentinella, Castigo, La ballerina, Suor Giovanna della Croce, Paese di Gesù, novels in which the character of the people is rendered with sensitive power and sympathetic breadth of spirit. Most of these have been translated into English. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read three of her works in the original Italian between November 1894 and early January 1895, namely "Gli Amanti", "Cuore Infermo" and "Fantasia".[5]

Serao was a signatory of the 1925 Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals.[citation needed] She was one of the contributors of the Fascist women's magazine, Lidel.[6]

She died in 1927 in Naples.

Publications edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. ^ Romani, Gabriella (2006). "Matilde Serao (1856–1927)." In: Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. New York: Routledge, p. 1735.
  3. ^ a b Warner, Charles Dudley (1896). Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern. International Society. p. 13133. ISBN 978-0-8108-0521-7.
  4. ^ Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz (2000-01-01). Gambling, Game, and Psyche. SUNY Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-7914-4383-5. Matilde Serao ( 1856-1907 ) was born in Patras, Greece, to a Greek mother and to a Neapolitan journalist father who had been forced into exile in 1848 because of his anti-Bourbon stand.
  5. ^ Coustillas, Pierre ed. London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: the Diary of George Gissing, Novelist. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1978, pp.351-3.
  6. ^ Eugenia Paulicelli (2002). "Fashion, the Politics of Style and National Identity in Pre-Fascist and Fascist Italy". Gender & History. 14 (3): 552. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00281.

Further reading edit

  • Gisolfi, Anthony M. (1967). "The Dramatic Element in Matilde Serao's Little Masterpieces," Italica, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 433–445.
  • Gisolfi, Anthony M. (1968). The Essential Matilde Serao. New York: Las Americas Publishing Company.
  • James, Henry (1914). "Matilde Serao." In: Notes on Novelists. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 294–313.
  • Kennard, Joseph Spencer (1906). "Matilde Serao." In: Italian Romance Writers. New York: Brentano's, pp. 273–301.
  • Russo, Teresa G. (1997). "Matilde Serao: A True Verista for the Female Character," International Social Science Review, Vol. 72, No. 3/4, pp. 122–135.

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External links edit

 
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  • Works by Matilde Serao at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about Matilde Serao at Internet Archive
  • Works by Matilde Serao at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)  

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linksBiography edit nbsp The house in Patras where Matilde Serao and Kostis Palamas were born Serao was born in the Greek city of Patras to an Italian father Francesco Serao and a Greek mother Paolina Borely or Bonelly 2 3 Her father a Neapolitan journalist had emigrated to Greece from Naples for political reasons 3 4 In 1860 the family moved back to Italy first to Carinola and then to Naples Serao grew up in poverty and worked as a schoolmistress an experience later described in the preface to a book of short stories called Leggende Napolitane Napoletan Legends 1881 She first gained notoriety after publishing her short stories in Il Piccolo a newspaper edited by Rocco de Zerbi and her first novel Fantasia Fantasy 1883 which established her as an author capable of writing with sentiment and analytical subtleties She spent the years between 1880 and 1886 in Rome where she wrote her next five volumes of short stories and novels all dealing with the struggles of ordinary people and distinguished by great accuracy of observation and depth of insight Cuore infermo 1881 Fior di passione 1883 La conquista di Roma 1885 La Virtu di checchina 1884 and Piccole anime 1883 With her husband Edoardo Scarfoglio she founded Il Corriere di Roma the first Italian attempt to model a daily journal along the lines of the Parisian press The paper was short lived and after its demise Serao established herself in Naples where she edited Il Corriere di Napoli In 1892 she co founded Il Mattino with her husband which became the most important and most widely read daily paper of southern Italy She established and ran her own newspaper Il Giorno in 1904 until her death The stress of a journalistic career in no way limited her literary activity between 1890 and 1902 she produced Il paese di cuccagna Il ventre di Napoli Addio amore All erta sentinella Castigo La ballerina Suor Giovanna della Croce Paese di Gesu novels in which the character of the people is rendered with sensitive power and sympathetic breadth of spirit Most of these have been translated into English The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read three of her works in the original Italian between November 1894 and early January 1895 namely Gli Amanti Cuore Infermo and Fantasia 5 Serao was a signatory of the 1925 Manifesto of the Anti Fascist Intellectuals citation needed She was one of the contributors of the Fascist women s magazine Lidel 6 She died in 1927 in Naples Publications editNovels and novellas edit Cuore infermo Sick Heart 1881 Fantasia Fantasy 1883 Pagina azzurra Blue Page 1883 La virtu di Checchina The Virtue of Checchina 1884 Il ventre di Napoli The Belly of Naples 1884 La conquista di Roma The Conquest of Rome 1885 Le vie dolorose The Sorrowful Ways 1886 Il romanzo della fanciulla A Girl s Novel 1886 revised in 1895 as Telegraphs of the State Novel for Ladies Telegrafi dello Stato Romanzo per le signore Vita e avventure di Riccardo Joanna Life and Adventures of Riccardo Joanna 1887 Fior di passione Flower of Passion 1889 Addio amore Goodbye Love 1890 Il paese di cuccagna The Land of Cocaine 1891 Piccolo romanzo Little Novel 1891 Castigo Punishment 1893 Gli amanti Pastelli Lovers Pastels 1894 Le Marie 1894 L indifferente The Indifferent 1896 L infedele The Infidel 1897 Donna Paola 1897 Nel sogno In the Dream 1897 Nel paese di Gesu Ricordi di un viaggio in Palestina In the Country of Jesus Memories of a Trip to Palestine 1898 Storia di una monaca Story of a Nun 1898 La ballerina The Ballerina 1899 Come un fiore Like a Flower 1900 Saper vivere Norme di buona creanza Knowing How to Live Norms of Good Manners 1900 L anima semplice Suor Giovanna della Croce The Simple Soul Sister Giovanna della Croce 1901 La Madonna e i santi Nella fede e nella vita The Madonna and the Saints In Faith and Life 1901 Storia di due anime Story of Two Souls 1904 Tre donne Three Women 1904 Dopo il perdono After the Pardon 1905 Sterminator Vesevo Diario dell eruzione aprile 1906 Exterminator Vesevo Diary of the Eruption April 1906 1906 Il giornale The Newspaper 1906 La leggenda di Napoli The Legend of Naples 1906 Sognando Dreaming 1906 Evviva la vita Cheers to Life 1908 Cristina 1908 I capelli di Sansone The Hair of Samson 1909 San Gennaro nella leggenda e nella vita San Gennaro in Legend and Life 1909 Il pellegrino appassionato The Passionate Pilgrim 1911 La mano tagliata The Cut Hand 1912 Ella non rispose She Did Not Answer 1914 Parla una donna Diario femminile di guerra maggio 1915 marzo 1916 A Woman Speaks Women s War Diary May 1915 March 1916 1916 Temi il leone Fear the Lion 1916 La vita e cosi lunga Life is So Long 1918 La moglie di un grand uomo ed altre novelle scelte The Wife of a Great Man and Other Short Stories 1919 Mors tua Romanzo in tre giornate Mors tua Novel in Three Days 1926 Via delle cinque lune Street of the Fifth Moon 1941 posthumous L occhio di Napoli The Eye of Naples 1962 posthumous I mosconi The Blowflies 1974 posthumous L ebbrezza il servaggio e la morte Drunkenness Servitude and Death 1977 posthumous Short story collections edit Dal vero From Life 1879 Raccolta minima Minimum Collection 1881 Leggende napoletane Neapolitan Legends 1881 Piccole anime Little Souls 1883 Racconti napoletani Neapolitan Tales 1889 Le amanti The Lovers 1894 Novelle sentimentali Sentimental Novels 1902 Essays edit L anima dei fiori The Soul of Flowers 1903 Santa Teresa 1904 Other writings edit L Italia a Bologna Lettere Italy in Bologna Letters 1888 Lettere d amore Il perche della morte Love Letters The Reason for Death 1901 Lettere d una viaggiatrice Letters of a Traveller 1908 Vita e scuola Libro per la quarta classe elementare Life and School Book for the Fourth Elementary Class 1912 with Camillo Alberici Works in English translation edit Fantasy 1890 Farewell Love 1890 The Ballet Dancer and On Guard 1901 In the Country of Jesus 1901 The Land of Cockayne 1901 The Conquest of Rome 1902 After the Pardon 1909 The Desire of Life 1911 Souls Divided 1919 The Severed Hand 1925 The Harvest 1928 Heart Conditions 2018 References edit Nomination Database www nobelprize org Retrieved 2017 04 19 Romani Gabriella 2006 Matilde Serao 1856 1927 In Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies New York Routledge p 1735 a b Warner Charles Dudley 1896 Library of the World s Best Literature Ancient and Modern International Society p 13133 ISBN 978 0 8108 0521 7 Knapp Bettina Liebowitz 2000 01 01 Gambling Game and Psyche SUNY Press p 129 ISBN 978 0 7914 4383 5 Matilde Serao 1856 1907 was born in Patras Greece to a Greek mother and to a Neapolitan journalist father who had been forced into exile in 1848 because of his anti Bourbon stand Coustillas Pierre ed London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England the Diary of George Gissing Novelist Brighton Harvester Press 1978 pp 351 3 Eugenia Paulicelli 2002 Fashion the Politics of Style and National Identity in Pre Fascist and Fascist Italy Gender amp History 14 3 552 doi 10 1111 1468 0424 00281 Further reading editGisolfi Anthony M 1967 The Dramatic Element in Matilde Serao s Little Masterpieces Italica Vol 44 No 4 pp 433 445 Gisolfi Anthony M 1968 The Essential Matilde Serao New York Las Americas Publishing Company James Henry 1914 Matilde Serao In Notes on Novelists New York Charles Scribner s Sons pp 294 313 Kennard Joseph Spencer 1906 Matilde Serao In Italian Romance Writers New York Brentano s pp 273 301 Russo Teresa G 1997 Matilde Serao A True Verista for the Female Character International Social Science Review Vol 72 No 3 4 pp 122 135 Sources edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Serao Matilda Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Cambridge University Press External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matilde Serao Matilde Serao at the Women Film Pioneers Project Works by Matilde Serao at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Matilde Serao at Internet Archive Works by Matilde Serao at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matilde Serao amp oldid 1222547541, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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