WRITERS FROM ITALY

• Aganoor, Elena (1852-1912)
• Aganoor, Vittoria [aka Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj] (1855-1910) ; In Italian ; In Italian
• Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799) ; More Information
• Albana, Lucia (fl. 16th C.)
• Albarelli Vordoni, Teresa (1788-1868)
• Alciati, Laura Gabrielki degli (fl. 16th C.)
• Aldobrandina, Liona (fl. 16th C.)
• Aleramo, Sibilla [aka Rina Faccio] (1876-1960) ; In Italian
• Aliprandi, Ortensia (fl. 16th C.)
• Andreini, Isabella Canali (1562-1604)
• Andrino Botelho, Ana Maria (fl.2005)
• Ang, Arlene (fl.2006)
• Anguissola, Sofonisba (ca.1535-1625)
• Aragona, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Aragona, Tullia D' (1510-1556) ; More Information
• Aringhieri, Ermelma [aka Ermelma de' Ceretani] (fl. 16th C.)
• Astori, Marina (1807-1872)
• Atalanta (fl. 16th C.)
• Avalli, Ippolita (1949-)
• Avalo, Costanza d' (fl. 16th C.)
• Baffa, Francesca (fl. 1540)
• Bandettini, Teresa (1763-1837)
• Banti, Anna (1895-1985)
• Banzato, Igea (1917-)
• Baranay, Inez (1949-)
• Barbapiccola, Giuseppa Eleonora
• Battiferra, Laura [aka Laura Battiferri Ammannati] (1523-1589)
• Beccari, Gualberta Alaide (ca1850-1906)
• Belgioioso, Cristina Trivulzio di (1808-1871) ; In Italian ; In Italian
• Bellonci, Maria
• Bellonci, Maria (1902-1986)
• Benaglio Castellani-Fantoni, Ines (1849-1899)
• Berenice G. (fl. 16th C.)
• Bergalli Gozzi, Luisa (1703-1779)
• Bernardini, Silvia (fl.2006)
  • Wacky! Working Papers on the Web as Corpus (Bologna: GEDIT, 2006) (PDF files at unibo.it)
• Bertana, Lucia (fl. 16th C.)
• Bertani Dell'Oro, Lucia
• Bettarini, Mariella (1942-)
• Bianchetti, Giovanna
• Bianchi, Angela (1921-)
• Bichi, Pia (fl. 16th C.)
• Bigolina, Giulia (ca.1516- circa 1569) ; More Information
• Bisi, Camilla (fl.1916)
• Blagden, Isa [aka Ivory Beryl] (ca.1816-1873)
• Bonacci Brunamonti, Maria Alinda (1841-1903)
• Bonanni, Laudomia (1908-)
• Borgese Freschi, Maria [aka Erinni] (1881-1947)
• Borghi, Liana
• Borriello, Elvira (1955-)
• Boschetti Confortini, Teresa (1826-1889)
• Braccalli, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Braccalli, Selvaggia (fl. 16th C.)
• Brazzà, Countess di (1862-)
  • A Guide to Old and New Lace in Italy, Exhibited at Chicago in 1893 (PDF at Arizona)
• Brembata, Emilia (fl. 16th C.)
• Bruck, Edith (1932-)
• Brunozzi, Cornelia [aka Cornelia de Villani] (fl. 16th C.)
• Caccini, Francesca (1587-ca.1645)
• Calini, Giacinta (1834-1912)
• Caminer, Elisabetta (1751-1796)
• Campiglia, Maddalena (1553-1595)
• Canossa, Egeria (fl. 16th C.)
• Capece, Isabella (fl. 16th C.)
• Caracciolo, Enrichetta (1821-1901)
• Carafa Capecelatro, Enrichetta (1863-1941)
• Caraffa, Olimpia (fl. 16th C.)
• Carniani Malvezzi, Teresa (1785-1859)
• Carpi, Anna Maria
• Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757)
• Casari Piana, Luigia (1834-)
• Castellana, Gerolema (fl. 16th C.)
• Castiglione, Ippolita Torelli (1499-1520)
• Catherine de Medici (1519-1589)
• Catherine of Bologna [aka Caterina dei Vigri; Santa Caterina Vegri] (1413-1463)
• Catherine of Genoa [aka Caterina Fieschi Adorno] (1447-1510)
  • Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa (with biographical material by unknown author) (HTML and other formats at CCEL)
• Catherine of Siena, Saint [aka Santa Caterina da Siena; Catherine Benincasa] (1347-1380)
  • The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin (HTML at CCEL)
  • Saint Catherine of Siena As Seen in Her Letters (Gutenberg text)
• Catterina, La Beata [aka Catherine Fieschi Adorni]
• Cavalcanti, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Cavallari Cantalamessa, Giulia (ca.1856-1935)
• Cavalli, Patrizia (1947-)
• Cederna, Camilla (1921-)
• Celsa, Nicoletta (fl. 16th C.)
• Cepperello, Lisabetta da (fl. 16th C.)
• Cereta, Laura (1469-1499) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Cerrino, Mariangela (1948-) ; In Italian
• Chi, Una
• Chiavello, Livia del
• Christine de Pisan [aka Christine de Pizan] (ca.1364-ca.1431) ; Concordance ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Boke of the Fayt of Armes and of Chyualrye (Westminster: W. Caxton, 1489) (at page images at loc.gov)
  • The Book of the Duke of True Lovers (London: Chatto and Windus, 1908) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • The Epistle of Othea to Hector: or, The Boke of Knyghthode (London: J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1904) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Cialente, Fausta Terni (1898-)
• Ciaperelli, Costanza (ca.1410-)
• Cibo, Leonora [aka Leonora de' Vitelli] (fl. 16th C.)
• Cicci, Maria Luisa (1760-1794)
• Ciciliana, Nina
• Clare of Assisi [aka Chiara di Favarone] (1193 or 1194-1253)
• Clark, Eleanor (fl.1964)
• Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth (1846-1918) ; Wikipedia
• Codemo, Luigia (1828-1898)
• Coffa Caruso, Mariannina (1841-1878)
• Colombi, la Marchesa [aka Maria Antonietta Torriani] (1846-1920)
• Colonna, Vittoria (1490-1547) ; More Information ; Portrait
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
• Compiuta Donzella, la (fl.1250)
• Conti, Leonora de' [aka Leonora della Genca]
• Cornelisen, Ann (1926-)
• Corombana, Vittoria (fl. 16th C.)
• Cortese, Ersilia (fl. 16th C.)
• Corti, Maria (1915-2002)
• Costanza, Bartolomea (fl. 16th C.)
• Cotta, Cornelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Craig, Amanda (1959-)
• Cutrufelli, Maria Rosa (1946-)
• D'Este, Isabella [aka Marchesa of Mantova] (1474-1539) ; More Information ; Portrait
• Davison, Claudia (fl.2005)
• De Cespedes, Alba (1911-1997)
• De Lauretis, Teresa (1938-)
• De Stefani, Livia (1913-)
• Deledda, Grazia Cosima [aka Grazia Madesani] (1871-1936) ; More Information ; More Information
  • The Mother (Macmillan, 1928) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Della Bona Roncali, Clarice (fl. 1868)
• Della Genga, Leonora (fl. 1360)
• Di Falco, Laura [aka Laura Carpinteri] (1910-)
• Di Lascia, Mariateresa (1954-1994)
• di Michele, Mary (1949-) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Di Nola, Laura (1932-)
• Di Rienza, Maria Giuseppina (1959-)
• Diana N. (fl. 16th C.)
• Dolfi, Diamante (fl. 16th C.)
• Dotta, Gentile (fl. 16th C.)
• Drigo, Paola (1876-1938)
• Duranti, Francesca (1935-) ; In Italian
• Edwards, Amelia Ann Blandford (1831-1892)
  • Ballads (London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • In the Days of My Youth: A Novel (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1874) (page images at MOA)
  • Monsieur Maurice (Gutenberg text)
  • My Brother's Wife: A Life-History (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1865) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • A Poetry-Book of Elder Poets (first series; Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz, 1878) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (London et al.: G. Routledge and Sons, 1891) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys (London: Longman's, Green And Co., 1873) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Stories By English Authors: England (Gutenberg text)
• Este, Bianca Laura da (fl. 16th C.)
• Etzioni-Halevy, Eva (fl.2000)
• Fabi, Maria Giulia (fl.2001)
  • Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel (notes omitted; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2001) (HTML at U-Illinois Press)
• Faletta, Leonora (fl. 16th C.)
• Fallaci, Oriana (1930-)
• Falletti, Leonora Ravira
• Fedele, Cassandra (1465-1558)
• Felice, Andromeda (fl. 16th C.)
• Ferrari, Maria de' (fl. 16th C.)
• Ferrazzi, Cecilia (1609-1684)
• Figliucci, Lugrezia (fl. 16th C.)
• Fiocchetto, Rossana
• Fior, Narda (fl. 16th C.)
• Fiorenza (fl. 16th C.)
• Firenze, Rina de (fl.1999)
• Fiumi, Maria Luisa (1889-)
• Foligno, Angela de (ca.1248-1304)
• Fonte, Moderata [aka Modesta Pozza] (1555-1592) ; More Information
• Forteguerri, Laudomia (1515-1555)
• Frabotta, Biancamaria (1947-)
• Francesca B. (fl. 16th C.)
• Franceschi Ferrucci, Caterina (1803-1887)
• Franchi, Anna (1866-1954)
• Franco, Veronica (1546-1591) ; More Information ; Portrait ; Lettere Familiari ; Terze Rime
• Fratta, Cintia dalla (fl. 16th C.)
• Freschi, Ortensia Semolina de' (fl. 16th C.)
• Frescobaldi, Fiammetta (1523-1586)
• Fuà Fusinato, Erminia (1834-1876)
• Galilei, Maria Celeste [aka Virginia Galilei] (1600-1634)
• Gambara, Veronica (1485-1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
  • Secret Sacred Woods: The Poems of Veronica Gambara (in English and Italian) (HTML at jimandellen.org)
• Gargallo, Francesca (1956-)
• Garufi, Bianca (1920-)
• Gattesca, Candida (fl. 16th C.)
• Gemma, Virginia [aka Virginia de' Zuccheri]
• Giacobbe, Maria (1928-)
• Giacobino, Margherita (1952-)
• Giaconi, Luisa (1870-1908)
• Giampieri, Elvira (fl. 1820)
• Gilbert, Elizabeth (1969-)
• Ginanni, Maria [aka Maria Crisi] (1892-1953)
• Ginzburg, Natalia (1916-1991) ; In German
• Giuliani, Veronica (1660-1727)
• Gnoli, Elena (fl. 1856)
• Gnoli, Teresa (1833-1886)
• Golfarini, Anna (fl. 16th C.)
• Gonzaga, Ippolita (fl. 16th C.)
• Gregoria [aka Gentildonna Romana] (fl. 16th C.)
• Gribaudo, Anna Economu (fl.2000)
• Grumella, Isotta Grembata (fl. 16th C.)
• Guacci Nobile, Maria Giuseppa (1808-1848)
• Guarna, Rebecca (fl.13th Century)
• Guglielminetti, Amalia (1885-1941)
• Guglielmo, Ortensia di
• Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di (1800-1873)
• Guidacci, Margherita (1921-)
• Guidantoni, Rosa (-1907)
• Guidiccioni, Laura (fl.1550)
• Guiducci, Armanda (1923-)
• Gunn, Genni (fl.2002)
• Incerta (fl. 16th C.)
• Invernizio, Carolina (1858-1916)
• Jaeggy, Fleur (fl.1968)
• Jarre, Marina (1925-) ; In Italian
• Lagorio, Gina (1930-)
• Langosca, Maria (fl. 16th C.)
• Lanza, Angelina (1879-1936)
• Lara, Contessa (1849-1896)
• Lees, Dorothy Nevile (1880-1966) ; In Italian ; In Italian
• Leon, Donna (1942-)
• Levi, Rosa (fl. 16th C.)
• Levi-Montalcini, Rita (1909-)
• Li Greci, Lauretta (1833-1849)
• Lombroso-Ferrero, Gina (1872-1944)
• Loy, Rosetta (1931-)
• Luanto, Regina di (ca.1862-1914)
• Lunata, Alda Torella (fl. 16th C.)
• Lussu, Joyce Salvadori (1912-)
• Lutti, Francesca (1827-1878)
• Macina, Luisa Gervasio (1872-1936)
• Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra (1407-1471)
• Magnacavallo, Cassandra Giovia (fl. 16th C.)
• Malapiera, Olimpia (fl. 16th C.)
• Malaspina, Fiametta [aka Fiametta Soderini] (fl. 16th C.)
• Malipiera, Olimpia
• Maltaversa, Leonora
• Mancinelli, Flamina
• Mander Cecchetti, Anna (ca.1832-1922)
• Mandolfo, Pina
• Mangiacapre, Lina
• Manzini, Gianna (1896-1974)
• Maraini, Dacia (1936-)
• Maratti Zappi, Faustina (ca.1680-1745)
• Marghieri, Clotilde Betocchi (1897-1981)
• Marguerite de Valois [aka Margherita di Valois] (1553-1615)
  • Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, Written by Herself (Gutenberg text)
• Marinelli Vacca, Lucrezia (1571-1653)
• Mario, Jessie White (1832-1906) ; More Information
• Martelli, Maria [aka Maria de' Panchiatichi] (fl. 16th C.)
• Martin, Selina (fl.1828)
  • A Sister's Stories (Kirkby Lonsdale: Arthur Foster; London: L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1833) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Matraini, Chiara (1515-1604)
• Matugliano, Bartolomea da
• Mazzucco, Melania G. (1966-)
• Medaglia, Diamante (1724-1770)
• Medici, Clarice (fl. 16th C.)
• Mehr, Mariella (1947-) ; Bibliography In German
• Messina, Annie [aka Gamîla Ghâli] (1910-1996) ; In Italian
• Messina, Maria (1887-1944)
• Miani Negri, Valeria (1560-)
• Milani, Milena (1922-)
• Milli, Giannina (1825-1888)
• Mirtilla, Ippolita (fl.1548)
• Mmaka, Valentina Acava (1971-)
• Monte Feltro, Battista da [aka Battista dei Malatesta]
• Montessori, Maria (1870-1952) ; Wikipedia
  • The Montessori Method (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Spontaneous Activity in Education (Gutenberg text)
• Monti, Sara
• Monti Perticari, Costanza (1792-1840)
• Morandi, Felicita (1827-1906)
• Morandini, Giuliana (1941-)
• Morante, Elsa (1918-1985)
• Morata, Olympia Fulvia (1526-1555) ; In German
• Morazzoni, Marta (1950-)
• Morokovski, Maria Vittoria (1950-) ; In Italian ; In Italian ; In Italian
• Morra, Isabella di (1516-1545)
• Morrone, Cobaltina
• Moscheni, Costanza (1786-1831)
• Mozzoni, Anna Maria (1837-1920)
• Mulas, Giovanna (1969-) ; In Italian
• Musa, Gilda (1926-)
• Nabb, Magdalen (1947-)
• Nanami Shiono (1937-)
• Neera [aka Anna Radius Zuccari] (1846-1918)
• Negri, Ada (1870-1945)
• Niccolai, Giulia (1934-)
• Nogarola, Angela (-ca. 1436)
• Nogarola, Ginevra (fl.1436)
• Nogarola, Isotta (1418-ca.1466)
• O'Donnell, Lillian Udvardy (1936-)
• Odaldi, Suor Annalena (1572-1638)
• Ogilvy, Eliza (1822-1912)
• Oliva Mancini, Laura Beatrice (1821-1869)
• Ombres, Rossana (1931-)
• Ortese, Anna Maria (1914-1998)
• Orvieto, Laura (1876-1953)
• Pallavicina, Maddalena (fl. 16th C.)
• Paolini Massimi, Petronilla (1663-1726)
• Papa, Virginia (fl. 16th C.)
• Parotti, Giustina Lievi
• Pavina, Maria Costanza (fl. 1726)
• Peci, Onorata (fl. 16th C.)
• Pellegrina, Caterina (fl. 16th C.)
• Pellicano, Clelia (1876-)
• Pepoli, Isabella [aka Isabella De' Riari] (fl. 16th C.)
• Percoto, Caterina (1812-1887)
• Perpetua, Vibia (-203) ; More Information ; More Information
• Petri, Romana (1955-)
• Petrucci, Aurelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Petrucci, Cassandra (fl. 16th C.)
• Piccolomini, Sylvia (fl. 16th C.)
• Pierantoni Mancini, Grazia (ca.1842-1915)
• Pigorini Beri, Caterina (1845-1924)
• Poeti, Livia Pia (fl. 16th C.)
• Pozzi, Antonia (1912-1938)
• Premarini, Ginlia (fl. 16th C.)
• Presciuttini, Paola
• Proba, Faltonia Betitia (fl.4th Century AD)
• Prosperi, Carola (1883-1975)
• Pulci, Antonia Giannotti (1452-1501) ; More Information
• Quaretti, Lea (1912-)
• Rafanelli, Leda (1880-1971)
• Raimondo, Lugrezia di (fl. 16th C.)
• Rame, Franca (1929-)
• Ramondetta Fileti, Concettina (1829-1900)
• Ramondino, Fabrizia (1936-)
• Renier Michiel, Giustina (1755-1832)
• Riccoboni, Bartolomea (1369-1440)
• Ristori, Adelaide (1822-1906)
• Robert, Enif (1886-1976)
• Robert-Angelini, Enif (1886-1976)
• Robertson, Janet (fl.1856)
• Romana, Celia (fl. 16th C.)
• Romano, Lalla (1909-2001)
• Rosa, Rosa [aka Edyth von Haynau] (1894-1978)
• Rosellini, Massimina Fantastici (1789-1859)
• Rosselli, Amelia (1930-)
• Rosselli, Amelia (1870-1954)
• Rossi Gabardi Brocchi, Isabella (1820?-1893)
• Rovere, Claudia Della (fl. 16th C.)
• Roverella, Aurelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Ruia, Reshma (fl.2000)
• Saluzzo Roero, Diodata (1774-1840)
• Salvi, Beatrice (fl. 16th C.)
• Salvi, Virginia Martini (fl.1551)
• Salvioni, Emilia (1895-1968)
• San Gallo, Laudomia da (fl. 16th C.)
• Sanseverina, Dianora (fl. 16th C.)
• Santvitale, Francesca (1929-)
• Sarfatti, Margherita (1882-1961)
• Savini, Aretafila (1687-)
• Savorgnan, Maria Late (fl.1500)
• Scarampa, Camilla (fl. 16th C.)
• Scarpi, Ortensia (fl. 16th C.)
• Schiavo, Maria (1940-)
• Selvaggi, Ricciarda de'
• Serafina, La (fl. 16th C.)
• Serao, Matilde (1856-1927)
• Sereni, Clara (1946-)
• Serratone, Laura (fl. 16th C.)
• Servi Machlin, Edda (1926-)
• Solinas Donghi, Beatrice (1923-)
• Somma, Silvia di (fl. 16th C.)
• Spark, Muriel Sarah Camberg (1918-2006) ; More Information ; More Information
• Spaziani, Maria Luisa (1924-) ; In Italian ; In Italian
• Sperani, Bruno [aka Beatrice Speraz] (1843-)
• Spinola, Maria (fl. 16th C.)
• St. Aubin de Teran, Lisa (1953-)
• Stampa, Cassandra (fl.1554)
• Stampa, Gaspara (ca.1523-1554) ; Portrait
• Starke, Mariana (ca.1762-1838) ; Wikipedia
  • The Sword of Peace: or, A Voyage of Love (1788) (HTML with commentary at Montreal)
• Strozzi, Barbara Torella (fl. 16th C.)
• Sullam, Sara Copio (1590-1641)
• Sulpicia daughter of Servius (fl.1st Century B.C.)
• Sulpicia wife of Calenus (fl.1st Century A.D.)
• Tacita, Fausta (fl. 16th C.)
• Taddei, Rosa (1799-1869)
• Tarabotti, Arcangela [aka Elana Cassandra Tarabotti; Galerana Baratotti] (1604-1652) ; More Information
• Tardy, Laura (fl.1863)
• Tartufari, Clarice (ca.1868-1933)
• Teotochi-Albrizzi, Isabella (1760-1836) ; More Information ; In Italian
• Teresah [aka Teresa Corinna Ubertis Gray] (1877-1964)
• Terracina, Laura (1519-1577) ; Portrait
• Tetrazzini, Luisa (1871-1940)
  • The Art of Singing (1909) (illustrated HTML at Elegant Ebooks)
• Theòphilo, Marcia (1941-)
• Torelli, Barbara Bentivoglio Strozzi
• Torinella, Livia [aka Livia Boromea] (fl. 16th C.)
• Tornabuoni de' Medici, Lucrezia (1425-1482)
• Tosatti, Barbara Maria (1891-1934)
• Trebiani, Lisabetta
• Trinchieri, Camilla [aka Camilla T. Crespi; Trella Crespi] (1942-)
• Trollope, Theodosia Garrow (1825-1865)
• Tron, Gianetta (fl. 16th C.)
• Trotula of Salerno (-1097)
• Tumiati, Lucia (1926-)
• Turrisi Colonna, Giuseppina (1822-1848)
• Ugolini, Lydia (fl.2000)
• Urbino, Levina Buoncuore [aka Mrs. Samson R. Urbino] (-1888)
• Usuelli Ruzza, Enrichetta (1836-1908)
• Vallentina, Faustina (fl. 16th C.)
• Vegezzi Ruscalla, Ida (1840-)
• Venturini, Fiorenza (fl.2000)
• Vertua Gentile, Anna (1850-1927) ; In Italian
• Vezina, Fiorenza (fl.2002)
• Vigano, Renata (1900-1976)
• Vilardo, Maria Cristina (1960-)
• Villari, Linda White Mazini [aka Mrs. Pasquale Villari] (1836-1915)
• Viragh, Christina (1953-)
• Vitagliano, Ottavia (1894-1975)
• Vivanti, Annie (1868-1942) ; In Italian
• Viziale, Vittoria (-1919)
• Volpi, Maria (ca.1892-1940)
• Vorana, La Beata Battista
• Zambusi Dal Lago, Francesca (1827-)
• Zanghi, Sara
• Zangrandi, Giovanna (1910-1988)
• Ziolkowski, Carmen A. (fl.2002)
• Zurzolo, Anna P. (1952-)