Moderata Fonte
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Moderata Fonte, directly translating to Modest Well,[3] is a pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi (or Zorzi), also known as Modesto Pozzo (or Modesta, feminization of Modesto),[4] (1555–1592) a Venetian writer and poet.[5] Besides the posthumously-published dialogues, Giustizia delle donne and Il merito delle donne (gathered in The Worth of Women, 1600), for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry. Details of her life are known from the biography by Giovanni Niccolò Doglioni (1548-1629), her uncle, included as a preface to the dialogue.[6]
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Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi | |
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Born | June 15, 1555[1] |
Died | November 2, 1592[2] |
Pen name | Moderata Fonte |
Language | Italian |
Nationality | Italian |
Period | 16th century |
Subject | Feminism |
Notable works | The Worth of Women |
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