Isabella Morra
Isabella Morra (c.1520–1545) was an Italian poet of the Renaissance.
Life and work
Isabella was born in Favale (now Valsinni, in the province of Matera) the daughter of Luisa Brancaccio and Giovan Michele Morra, baron of Favale, part of Naples. Isabella, her mother and her seven siblings were abandoned by Giovan when he went to live at court in France. Her older brother Marcantonio then took over power in Favale.[1]
Isabella studied Latin and poetry. She became friends with her learned neighbors, Antonia and Saldoval di Castro, but her younger brothers suspected an affair.[2] They murdered Isabella, her tutor and finally Sandoval.
Her poems were published six years after her death. There are ten sonnets and three canzoni. In it she mentioned the strain she felt at being isolated in Favale from other literary people and her missing her father.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Robin, Larsen and Levin. Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. p. 274.
- ↑ Robin, Larsen and Levin. Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. p. 274.
- ↑ Robin, Larsen and Levin. Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. p. 275.
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- Robin, Diana Maury, Larsen, Anne R. and Levin, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO, Inc.