author
Emma Perodi
1850–1918
Best known for her rich, spooky folk tales for young readers, she brought old Tuscan legends to life with a storyteller’s warmth and a journalist’s eye for detail. Her work helped shape Italian children’s literature at the turn of the twentieth century.
1 Audiobook
Il Principe della Marsiliana Romanzo romano
by Emma Perodi
About the author
Emma Perodi was an Italian writer and journalist born in 1850 and died in 1918. She is remembered above all for writing for children, especially Le novelle della nonna (Grandmother’s Tales), a collection that blends folklore, fantasy, and local tradition.
Her career was broader than that single book suggests. Sources describe her as a versatile author who worked across fiction, journalism, educational writing, and translation, and who took part in the growing world of periodicals and literature for young readers in late nineteenth-century Italy.
What makes her especially appealing today is the atmosphere of her storytelling: vivid settings, eerie legends, and a strong sense of place. Even now, her tales stand out for the way they mix childhood wonder with the darker edge of oral folk tradition.