Laura Beatrice Mancini
Laura Beatrice Mancini (born January 17, 1821 in Naples , † July 17, 1869 in Fiesole ), born Laura Beatrice Oliva , was an Italian poet .
In addition to her own literary activities, which mainly included poetry , she also ran a literary salon for liberal-minded citizens in her hometown of Naples from the 1840s . After the revolution of 1848 the family moved to Turin . Many of her works related to political events of the time such as the Risorgimento , the movement for an independent and unified Italian nation-state. After her death, a collection of her lyrical poems was published in Florence in 1874 under the title "Patria ed amore" .
In 1840 she married the lawyer and politician Pasquale Stanislao Mancini , a prominent representative of the Risorgimento and co-founder of the Institut de Droit international (Institute for International Law) in Ghent in 1873. Also her daughter Grazia Pierantoni-Mancini , who was with the lawyer Augusto Pierantoni was married, worked as a poet and writer .
In the city of Avellino , the street Via Laura Beatrice Oliva Mancini bears her name.
Works (selection)
- Ines. Florence 1845
- Colombo al convento della Rabida. Genoa 1846
- Poetry varie. Genoa 1848
- L'Italia sulla tomba di Vincenzo Gioberti. Turin 1853
literature
- Mancini. 3) Laura Beatrice. Article in: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon , 6th edition, 1905-1909, Volume 13, p. 206
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mancini, Laura Beatrice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oliva, Laura Beatrice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1869 |
| Place of death | Fiesole |