Margarita Bobba ('' fl''. 1560), was a writer and noblewoman of

Casale Monferrato Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the v ...

, described by Gioseffantonio Morano as possessing an elevated wit and being well versed both in the Latin and Italian languages and in the art of poetry. She published a number of works, and was praised by

Stefano Guazzo Stefano Guazzo (; 1530–1593) was an Italian writer from Casale Monferrato. Biography Guazzo studied law, and thereafter worked for Lodovico Gonzaga and other members of the family, for which he was active as a diplomat in France and the Papa ...

in his '' La civil conversazione'' and by Fulgenzio Alghisi in his history of

Monferrato Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Province of Alessandria, ...

.Tommaso Vallauri
''Storia della poesia in Piemonte''
2 vols (Turin: Tipografia Chirio e Mina, 1841) I, p. 259, notes that her poetry was published ''sparsamente'': ‘in a scattered manner’, or ‘in various places’.

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People from Casale Monferrato Italian Renaissance writers Women writers (Renaissance) 16th-century Italian nobility 16th-century Italian women writers 16th-century Italian writers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-noble-stub

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