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Gemma Mongiardini-Rembadi

1857–1916

Best known for imagining a new journey for Collodi’s famous puppet, this elusive Italian writer turned Pinocchio’s world into a fresh adventure under the sea. Her surviving record is thin, which only adds to the curiosity around a body of work that blends children’s fantasy with a taste for the marvelous.

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Pinocchio under the sea

Pinocchio under the sea

by Gemma Mongiardini-Rembadi

About the author

Gemma Mongiardini-Rembadi was an Italian author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is most closely associated with Il segreto di Pinocchio (1894), later known in English as Pinocchio Under the Sea, a sequel-like adventure that sends Collodi’s beloved character into an imaginative underwater world.

Her name also appears in connection with other adventurous and fantastical works, including Il capitombolo di Visnù (1904). Modern library and book records confirm her dates as 1857–1916, but detailed biographical information about her life seems to be scarce.

That scarcity is part of what makes her interesting today. Even with so little personal history readily preserved, her writing still stands out for its playful invention and for the way it extends one of Italy’s most enduring literary creations.