Torriani, Maria Antonietta (1840–1920)
Torriani, Maria Antonietta (1840–1920)
Italian novelist. Name variations: Anna Maria Torriani; Maria Torelli-Torriani; Maria Antonietta Torriani Torelli-Viollier; (pseudonyms) La Marchesa Colombi; Marchioness Colombi. Born Maria Antonietta Torriani, Jan 1, 1840, in Novara, Italy; died 1920 in Milan, Italy; m. Eugenio Torrelli Viollier, founder and editor of Corriere della Sera (sep.).
Concerned about exploitation of women laborers and campaigned on behalf of women's education; works include In risaia (1878), Un matrimonio in provincia (1885), and Il tramonto d'un ideale.
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