Elisabetta Caminèr Turra (29 July 1751 – 7 June 1796), was a
Venetian writer.
She worked with her father, Domenico, as a translator. Her husband,
Antonio Turra, was a noted physician and botanist from
Vicenza
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. From 1774, she participated in the paper ''Giornale enciclopedico''. In 1783, she founded the paper ''Nuovo giornale enciclopedico''. She was active as a translator of foreign plays. She was described as beautiful, energetic and intelligent.
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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1751 births
1796 deaths
Translators to Italian
18th-century Venetian writers
18th-century Venetian women
18th-century Italian translators
Italian salon-holders
18th-century Italian journalists
18th-century Italian women journalists