Laura Beatrice Mancini (January 17, 1821 – July 17, 1869), born Laura Beatrice Oliva, was an Italian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

. Laura Oliva was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, and in 1840 married Italian jurist and statesman

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 8th Marquess of Fusignano (17 March 1817 – 26 December 1888) was an Italian jurist and statesman. Early life Mancini was born in Castel Baronia, in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (present-day Province of A ...

. She wrote a variety of poetry, and ran a

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for liberal-minded Neapolitans from the 1840s. Many of her poems focused on contemporary political events (see ''

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''), especially after 1860.

Works

* ''Ines'' (1845) * ''

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al convento della Rabida'' (1846) * ''Poesie varie'' (1848) * ''L'Italia sulla tomba di

Vincenzo Gioberti Vincenzo Gioberti (; 5 April 180126 October 1852) was an Italian Catholic priest, philosopher, publicist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Sardinia from 1848 to 1849. He was a prominent spokesman for liberal Catholicism. Bio ...

'' (1853) * ''Patria ed amore'' (1874)

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