Savorgnan, Maria (fl. 1500)
Savorgnan, Maria (fl. 1500)
Italian poet. Born in Italy.
Married into aristocratic Venetian family but had passionate relationship with poet Pietro Bembo (1500–01); exchanged poems and letters with him which were collected and published (1950). Wrote poetry in Petrarchan tradition.
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