Gerolamo Rovetta (November 30, 1851 – May 8, 1910) was an Italian writer and playwright. Rovetta was born in Brescia, Austrian Empire. Rovetta was the writer of many novels and short stories as well of stage plays, mostly dramas. His first novel was ''Mater dolorosa'' (1882), a novel set in the world of the nobles that achieved a considerably popular success. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read Rovetta's ''La Baraonda'' in Italian in November 1894, the year of its publication. After initially saying that he liked it, he concluded eventually that it was "not an original book" as it recalled "too strongly French and Russian novels". He is also well known for the drama ''Romanticismo'', whose success was partly due to its patriotic content; it was later adapted in a film with the same name directed by

Clemente Fracassi Clemente Fracassi (5 March 1917 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. His career spanned from 1939 to 1967. Selected filmography * '' To Live in Peace'' (1947 - producer) * ''Senza pietà'' (1948 - p ...

and starred by Amedeo Nazzari and

Clara Calamai Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, an ...

. In theatre ''Romanticismo'' and ''I disonesti'' found in Paola Pezzaglia an ideal interpreter. Close to verismo, his works represent the Lombard political and the bourgeoisie of the time, and show the disillusionment for the failure of the ideals of the Risorgimento. In 1910 Rovetta committed suicide, leaving an unfinished novel.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rovetta, Gerolamo 1851 births 1910 suicides 1910 deaths Writers from Brescia 19th-century Italian novelists 19th-century male writers Suicides in Italy Italian dramatists and playwrights