Amelia Pincherle Rosselli

Amelia Pincherle Rosselli (January 16, 1870 – December 26, 1954) was an Italian writer.[1]

Amelia Pincherle Rosselli

The daughter of Giacomo Pincherle Moravia and Emilia Capon, she was born Amelia Pincherle Moravia in Venice. Her family were wealthy non-practising Jews. Her nephew Alberto Moravia was also a writer.[2][1][3]

She married Giuseppe Emanuele "Joe" Rosselli (1867–1911) in 1892. The couple had three sons; her sons Carlo and Nello became an anti-fascist activists.[2] The couple moved to Vienna where her husband continued his studies in music. Her play Anima, staged in Turin in 1898, won a literary prize. The family moved to Rome and then Florence. The couple separated in 1903.[2]

Her son Aldo was killed during World War I. Her other two sons, Carlo and Nello, were exiled because they were opposed to fascism; they were later assassinated in 1937. Rosselli exiled herself from Italy, moving to Switzerland, England and the United States. She returned to Italy in 1946.[3]

She died in Florence at the age of 84.[1] Her granddaughter Amelia Rosselli became a poet.[2]

Selected works[2]
  • El rèfolo, comedy (1909)
  • San Marco, patriotic play (1913)
  • Emma Liona, patriotic play (1924)

References
  1. "Pincherle, Amelia". Treccanni (in Italian).
  2. Pugliese, Stanislao G (1998). "Contesting Constraints: Amelia Pincherle Rosselli Jewish Writer in Pre-Fascist Italy". Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal.
  3. "The Italian Risorgimento Seen by its Women. The Key Roles of Sara Levi and Amelia Pincherle Moravia". i-Italy. May 17, 2011.
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