Ida Verona | |
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| Born | 1865  |
| Died | 29 August 1925 (aged 59–60) |
| Occupation | Poet,playwright |
| Relatives | Arthur Garguromin-Verona, Nicolae Henri Verona |
Ida Verona (1865 – 29 August 1925) was a French-, Italian- and Romanian-language poet, playwright, and painter originating from theBay of Kotor in today'sMontenegro. She published two books of poetry and a number of plays.
Ida Verona was born inBrăila in 1865[1] (according to other sources, in 1861[2] or 1863[3]), the daughter ofDalmatian merchant Francesco Spiridon Verona and Amalia Lucovič or Lucovschi.[1] Brăila contained a colony of Dalmatians who fled theKotor Bay area. She was educated at a Catholic school, the Notre Dame de Sion, in Brăila.[4] Her brothers were the paintersArthur Verona [ro] andNicolae Henri Verona.[2][1] Verona was also said to be a talented painter of flowers.[1]
Verona published two books of poetry,Quelques fleurs poétiques around 1881 and the more celebratedMimosas, published in French in Paris in 1885, and containing 84 poems.[5] Many of Verona's poems wrestle with the place of women in society. Verona also wrote a number of plays, includingDomnitz,Fleurs de sang,Aecathe (a five-act play about Christian martyrCatherine of Alexandria),Jane d'Arc,Abdul Hamid,Creaturès d'amour, andLa Tige Dace, aboutDecebalus, king of Dacia.[1]
DuringWorld War I she worked as aRed Cross nurse.[6][1] Eventually, she relocated toPrčanj, Montenegro to her grandfather's house and spent the rest of her life there.[5][3] She died on 29 August 1925, and was buried in Prčanj.[1] When she died, she was relatively unknown in Montenegro. It has been said that her work would have received greater appreciation during her lifetime if she had written in her native language.[5][1]
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