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Cesare Tronconi
1842–1890
A sharp, provocative voice from 19th-century Italy, this novelist and journalist built a reputation on fiction that unsettled polite readers. His work moved through scandal, satire, and social tension, with ties to the rebellious literary world of the Scapigliatura.
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Madri.... per ridere : romanzo
by Cesare Tronconi
About the author
Cesare Tronconi was an Italian writer and journalist, born in 1842 and dead in 1890. Sources consistently describe him as a novelist with a taste for bold, controversial subjects, and as a figure connected to the Scapigliatura, the restless literary movement that pushed against convention in post-unification Italy.
He was also active in journalism. According to the sources I found, in 1866 he published the poetic review Lo scapigliato, and he became known for fiction that contemporary critics saw as scandalous or provocative. Among the works most often listed are Passione maledetta (1876), Un amore a fondo perso (1877), Madri per ridere (1877), Le commedie di Venere (1880), Delitti (1881), and Caro foco! (1882).
What makes Tronconi interesting today is that mix of literary rebellion and popular energy: he seems to have written to provoke, entertain, and test the limits of respectable taste all at once. I could confirm core facts about his career and reputation, but I did not find a reliable portrait image on the pages available here, so no profile image is included.