Carola Prosperi
Carola Prosperi (12 October 1883 – 26 March 1981) was an Italian writer, feminist and journalist. Biography Prosperi was born in Turin in 1883 where she worked as a teacher in the Niccolò Tommaseo school. Prosperi also wrote for the magazines Lidel, La Donna and the newspaper La Stampa. She was a prolific writer beginning in 1899 with a series of fairy tales and then working on short stories and novels. Though her novels began with the theme of isolated middle class woman she also wrote for children. She wrote approximately 2,800 short stories and more than 35 novels. Although she herself did not consider herself a feminist writer, modern scholars do see her this way. Prosperi died in Turin in 1981. Bibliography Short stories La profezia e altre novelle, Torino, Lattes, 1907 Il cuore in gioco, Milano, Società Editoriale Italiana, 1913 Vocazioni, Milano, Treves, 1919 Amore...amore, Firenze, Battistelli, 1920 Dimenticare, Firenze, Battistelli, 1920 I lillà sono fioriti, Milano, Treves, 1921 Tormenti, Firenze, Battistelli, 1921 La felicità in gabbia, Milano, Mondadori, 1922 Stagione al mare, Cremona, Edizioni Librarie Italiane, 1944 Novels La paura d'amare, Torino, Lattes, 1911 La nemica dei sogni, Milano, Treves, 1914 L'estranea, Milano, Treves, 1915 La casa