Amalia Guglielminetti

Amalia, who had two sisters, Emma and Erminia, and a brother, Ernesto, was born in Turin to Pietro Guglielminetti and his wife Felicita Lavezzato.

[2] Her father died in 1886, and the family moved in with a grandfather, who sent Amalia to a religious school.

[2] She started writing in 1901 for the Gazzetta del Popolo where her poetry was published in the Sunday supplement.

[1] She had an affair with Guido Gozzano with whom she exchanged a series of love letters in 1907-09, published posthumously.

[1] In 1935 Guglielminetti moved to Rome to pursue a career in journalism, but returned to Turin in 1937.