Salomè Antonazzoni also known as Valeria Austori (
fl.
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1619 – fl. 1642) was an Italian stage actress.
She was sister to the actor Francesco Antonazzoni and married the actor Giovan Geronimo Favella.
She was engaged in the famous theatre company ''i Confidenti'' of
Flaminio Scala
Flaminio Scala (27 September 1552 – 9 December 1624), commonly known by his stage name Flavio,Landolfi 1993. was an Italian stage actor of ''commedia dell'arte'', scenario writer, playwright, director, producer, manager, agent, and editor. Con ...
, which toured in
Lucca
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and
Florence
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Florence ...
under the patronage of
Giovanni de' Medici. She was the leading lady of the company with
Marina Dorotea Antonazzoni, but their rivalry resulted in her being replaced by
Maria Malloni in 1619. After this, she was active in the company of her spouse in Naples.
When she was widowed in 1642, she took over the printing press of her late spouse and developed his pamphlets in to a paper,
[Anna Bellavitis: Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe, 2018] making her one of the pioneer female journalists, editors and printing press managers in Italy.
See also
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List of women printers and publishers before 1800
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References
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17th-century Italian actresses
17th-century Italian businesswomen
17th-century Italian businesspeople
17th-century publishers (people)
17th-century printers
Women printers
Italian women journalists
17th-century journalists
17th-century women journalists
17th-century Italian women writers