Angela Nogarola (1380-1436) was an
Italian poet and writer.
Biography
Nogarola was born in
Verona, the daughter of knight Antonio Nogarola. In 1396, she married Count Antonio d'Arco. She was the aunt of philosophers
Isotta and Geneva Nogarola. She lived in Verona and
Vicenza.
Nogarola received training from
Antonio Loschi
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...
, probably becoming his pupil. She devoted herself to writing and poetry, particularly on religion and in
Latin, even after marriage, composing some
eclogues and obtaining success and wonder. Informal correspondence was exchanged with
Pandolfo III Malatesta
Pandolfo III Malatesta (c. 1369 – October 3, 1427) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Fano, a member of the famous House of Malatesta.
Biography
He was the second son of Galeotto I Malatesta. After the latter's death, the Malatesta lan ...
, Giangaleazzo Visconti, Niccolò Facino, Matteo Orgian and Francesco Barbavara.
[L'egloga di Angela Nogarola a Francesco Barbavara]
Vitaepensiero
Her style, influenced by
Francesco Petrarca, was appreciated but considered far from the classic.
One of her portraits in oil on canvas from the 18th century is kept in the rectorate of the
University of Bologna.
Works
* ''Opera''
* ''Epistolae et carmina''
* ''Angelæ et Zeneveræ Nogarolæ Epistolæ et carmina''
* ''Dominus Angelus Veronensis de Nogarolis ad dominum Antonium de Luscis''
Mantova, Biblioteca comunale Teresiana, Manoscritti, 8 (A.I.8)
Manus Online
* ''L'egloga di Angela Nogarola a Francesco Barbavara''
References
1380 births
1436 deaths
Writers from Verona
15th-century Italian poets
15th-century Italian women writers
15th-century writers in Latin
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