Saveria Chemotti

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Saveria Chemotti
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BornApril 5, 1947
Madruzzo, Trentino, Italy
Occupation
  • writer
  • essayist
  • literary critic
  • novelist
  • researcher
LanguageItalian
Genre
  • non-fiction
  • essays
  • literary criticism
  • novels

Saveria Chemotti (born April 5, 1947) is an Italian writer of non-fiction and prose. She is an essayist, novelist, and literary critic, as well as a researcher with a focus area of culture and gender studies. [1] [2]

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Biography

Saveria Chemotti was born Madruzzo, Trentino, April 5, 1947. She earned a degree in literary subjects in 1972 (with a thesis on Antonio Gramsci as a critic of literature). [3]

In 1981, she became a university researcher. Since 2003, she has been the rector's delegate [4] for culture and gender studies and has organized the "Forum interdisciplinare per gli studi e la formazione di genere" (English interdisciplinary forum for gender studies and training) at the University of Padua. [1] [5]

Chemotti directed the series of gender studies, Soggetti rivelati. Ritratti, storie, scritture di donne (English: Revealed subjects. Portraits, stories, writings of women) (ed. Il Poligrafo) and Graphie (ed. Il Poligrafo), [3] the narrative series Vicoli. Vie strette secondarie. Paesaggi letterari inesplorati (English: Vicoli. Narrow secondary streets. Unexplored literary landscapes) (ed. CLEUP), [2] Destini incrociati (English: Crossed destinies( (ed. Il Poligrafo, 2021), and co-edited the six-monthly review of the history of contemporary Italian literature Studi novecenteschi (English: Twentieth Century Studies) (Pisa, Fabrizio Serra Editore). [6]

She deals with Italian and European romanticism, the fiction of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, culture and gender, [3] as well as women's literature and authors, such as Ugo Foscolo, Antonio Gramsci, Tonino Guerra, and Giuseppe Berto. [4]

Chemotti contributed to the reprint of the magazine, Argomenti (Arnaldo Forni Editore) and in 2011, she collaborated with the journalist Paolo Coltro on his collection of articles. [7] [8]

She edited the posthumous publication of some works by Antonietta Giacomelli (such as Vigilie and Sulla breccia) and Romano Pascutto (such as Il praetore delle baracche, La lodola morning, and Il viaggio). [1] In 2013, Chemotti coordinated the cycle of lessons entitled, La Schola del Bo. La ricerca e l’esperienza culturale a disposizione della città (English: The Schola del Bo. Research and cultural experience available to the city) at the University of Padua. [9]

Her work, La passione di una figlia ingrata (English: The Passion of an Ungrateful Daughter) (2014) was a finalist in the Narrative section of the Giovanni Comisso Literary Prize, 2015. [10]

Selected works

Essays

Novels

Stories

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References

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  9. "La ricerca e l'esperienza culturale a disposizione della città: nasce la "Schola del Bo"". Università di Padova. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. "Opere Premiate 2015". premiocomisso.it (in Italian). Premio letterario Giovanni Comisso. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2022.