Guacci, Giuseppina (1807–1848)

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Guacci, Giuseppina (1807–1848)

Italian poet. Name variations: Maria Guiseppa Guacci Nobile; Giuseppina Guacci Nobile. Born Maria Giuseppina Guacci, June 20, 1807, in Naples, Italy; died Nov 25, 1848; dau. of Giovanni Guacci (printer) and Saveria Tagliaferri; m. Antonio Nobile (astronomer), 1835.

Published selected poetry, Rime (1832), which addressed Neapolitan women and was noteworthy for its scientific references; rewrote Canto delle Sirene. Rime.

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