author
Dora Melegari
1849–1924
A bilingual writer who moved between French and Italian literary circles, she built a reputation for psychologically observant fiction and thoughtful criticism. Her life also placed her close to the political and cultural worlds of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe.
5 Audiobooks
Chercheurs de sources
by Dora Melegari
Ames dormantes
by Dora Melegari
Sous les eaux tumultueuses
by Dora Melegari
Expiation
by Dora Melegari
Faiseurs de peines et faiseurs de joies
by Dora Melegari
About the author
Born in Lausanne on June 27, 1849, Dora Melegari was a writer associated with both Swiss and Italian culture. She wrote in French and Italian, and some sources note that she also published under the pseudonym Forsan.
She was the daughter of the diplomat and patriot Luigi Amedeo Melegari, and her background helped place her in an international, highly educated milieu. Reference sources describe her not only as a novelist, but also as a literary critic and a figure connected with the salon culture of Rome.
Melegari died in Rome on July 31, 1924. She is remembered for fiction shaped by inner life and moral tension, and for a career that linked several literary traditions rather than fitting neatly into just one national category.