Anna Radius Zuccari, known by her pseudonym Neera, was one of the most prolific and successful writers of late nineteenth-century Italy. Her presence in the history of Italian literature is connected to a vast narrative production that goes from Un romanzo [A Novel] (1876) to Una giovinezza del secolo XIX [A Nineteenth Century Childhood], published posthumously in 1919. Neera was the author of twenty-two novels, eight collections of short stories, ten theoretical volumes and two poetry collections. The autobiography Una giovinezza del secolo XIX, the collection of essays Profili, impressioni, e ricordi di viaggi and the volume Poesie were all published in 1919, the year following her death. The protagonists of her novels and short stories are women struggling to fulfill the traditional…
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Citation: Ramsey-Portolano, Catherine. "Neera". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 October 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12752, accessed 08 December 2023.]
