Teresa Guiccioli

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Teresa, Contessa di Guiccioli, around 1820

Teresa Guiccioli (* 1800 ; † 1873 ) was an Italian noblewoman and lover of the poet Lord Byron . She belonged to the Italian separatist organization the Carbonari . Together with Byron she was exiled to Pisa, where she lived until 1823. After his death she wrote a book about her lover: Lord Byron's Life in Italy (original title: Vie de Lord Byron en Italie ).

reception

In the adventure novel The Count of Monte Christo , the French writer Alexandre Dumas created a literary monument for her with the figure of Baroness Danglars.

The protagonist of a novel by the Nobel laureate JM Coetzee , shame , is working on an opera about Byron from the perspective Guicciolis.

literature

  • Iris Origo and Jonathan Galassi: The Last Attachment. The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli . Helen Marx Books, 2000, ISBN 1-8855-8650-7 .
personal data
SURNAME Guiccioli, Teresa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guiccioli, Teresa Contessa di
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian nobles and lovers of Lord Byron
DATE OF BIRTH 1800
DATE OF DEATH 1873