Maria Albertina Loschi

Rosella Perugi (University of Turku)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born c. 1890
Died 1981
Activity c. 1910-1941

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Prose writer
Reporter
Teacher/ Professor

Resources

Loschi's Works

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Maria Albertina Loschi represented the

donna tipo tre

(the third kind of woman), an independent and resolute woman differing from both the

angel of the house

and the

femme fatale

. She was determined to become a journalist and affirm her own convictions. Always interested in visiting new countries, she described these foreign lands faithfully for her readers while at the same time remaining proud of her

Italianness

Loschi was the daughter of a nobleman, Count Lodovico Loschi. She was born in Piacenza in 1888, 1890, or perhaps in 1895; the date is not certain because she herself did not always declare the same year. In spite of her noble origins, the family was not wealthy. After graduating in modern languages in Bologna she moved to the capital city of Rome, at the time the springboard to

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Citation: Perugi, Rosella. "Maria Albertina Loschi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 October 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14466, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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