Amalia Guglielminetti

Amalia Guglielminetti (4 April 1881 – 4 December 1941) was an Italian poet and writer.

Life Amalia, who had two sisters, Emma and Erminia, and a brother, Ernesto, was born in Turin to Pietro Guglielminetti and his wife Felicita Lavezzato. Her great-grandfather had moved from Cravanzana to Turin around 1858, where he had established a timber business. He invented a water canteen, at that time made of wood, which became popular. Her father died in 1886, and the family moved in with a grandfather, who sent Amalia to a religious school.

Between 1916 and 1925, she wrote books for children: "Fiabe in versi" (1916); "Gli occhi cerchiati d'azzurro" (1920); "La reginetta Chiomadoro" (1923); "Il ragno incantato" (1923); and "La carriera dei pupazzi" (1925). In addition, she contributed to Lidel, a nationalist women's magazine which was in circulation in the period 1919–1935.

In the following years, she became romantically involved with Pitigrilli (Dino Segre). The relationship became so intense that she had a nervous breakdown. She eventually recovered and felt that the experience had made her stronger.

In 1935, Guglielminetti moved to Rome to pursue a career in journalism, but returned to Turin in 1937. She died from complications resulting from an accident during an air raid. She had always been a solitary and somewhat depressed figure.

Works Poetry Voci di giovinezza, Torino; Roma, Roux e Viarengo, 1903 Le vergini folli, Torino; Roma, Società Tip. Ed. Nazionale, 1907 Le vergini folli - Le seduzioni (con un autoritratto e intervista), Chioggia-Venezia, Damocle, 2012 Le seduzioni, Torino, S. Lattes e C., 1909; Palomar, 2001 Emma, Torino, Tip. V. Bona, 1909 L'insonne, Milano, Treves, 1913 Fiabe in versi, Ostiglia, La scolastica 1916 Il ragno incantato, Roma; Milano, Mondadori 1922 La carriera dei pupazzi, Milano, Sonzogno, 1924 I serpenti di Medusa, Milano, La Prora, stampa 1934 L’insonne, Fiabe in versi e altri scritti, coll. Donne in poesia a cura di M. G. Amati, Bertoni Editore, Perugia 2022.

Fiction I volti dell'amore, Milano, Fratelli Treves, 1913 Anime allo specchio, Milano, Treves, 1915 Le ore inutili, Milano, F.lli Treves, 1919 Gli occhi cerchiati d'azzurro, Milano, Italia, 1920 La porta della gioia, Milano, Vitagliano, 1920 La reginetta Chiomadoro, Roma-Milano, Mondadori, 1921 Le distrazioni di Mimi, Milano, Gandolfi 1922 Quando avevo un amante, Milano, Casa Ed. Sonzogno, 1923 La rivincita del maschio, Torino, Lattes, 1923 Il pigiama del moralista, Roma, Fauno, 1927 Tipi bizzarri: novelle, Milano, Mondadori, 1931 Passione, novella in: L’uomo che è mio by Luciana Peverelli, Rizzoli 1940. Il cuore tardo, Pisa, ETS 1985

Drama L'amante ignoto, poema tragico, Milano, Treves, 1911 Il gingillo di lusso, commedia in un atto, 1924 Il ladro di gioielli, commedia in un atto, 1924 Nei e cicisbei - Il baro dell'amore - Commedia in un atto: Commedia in tre atti, Milano, Mondadori, 1926

Epistles Lettere d'amore di Guido Gozzano e Amalia Guglielminetti, Milano, Garzanti, 1951