Lipperini, Guendalina (c. 1862–1914)

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Lipperini, Guendalina (c. 1862–1914)

Italian novelist. Name variations: (real name) Guendalina Lipperini; Guendalina Roti; (pseudonyms) Contessa Anna Roti; Regina di Luanto. Born c. 1862 in Italy; died 1914.

Separated from husband and lived unconventional life; works, which focused on and were critical of aristocratic society, include Salamandra (1892), Un martirio (1894), and Le virtuose (1912). Pseudonym Regina di Luanto is an anagram of Guendalina Roti.