Amélie Gex

Amélie Rose Françoise Gex (October 24, 1835 in La Chapelle-Blanche, Savoie – June 16, 1883 in Chambéry) was a Savoyard writer and poet who created works in French and Franco-Provençal (Arpitan).

[3] Upon the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, Gex, like many Liberals who preferred the Italian Cavour to Napoleon III of France, supported King Victor Emmanuel II.

In 1877, the Republican newspaper Le Père André[3] began publishing her poetry under the pen name Dian de la Jeânna ("John son of Jane").

In "Dit de la couleuvre" ("Tale of the Snake"), she reworks the story of the Queen of Sheba, who rode a flying serpent to marry Solomon.

Deciding that politics should give way to work, she also strove to write stories in French to expand her readership.