Amalia Guglielminetti

Amalia, who had two sisters, Emma and Erminia, and a brother, Ernesto, was born in Turin to Pietro Guglielminetti and his wife Felicita Lavezzato. Her great-grandfather had moved from Cravanzana to Turin around 1858, where he had established a timber business. He invented a water canteen, at that time made of wood, which became popular. Her father died in 1886, and the family moved in with a grandfather, who sent Amalia to a religious school. Between 1916 and 1925 she wrote books for children: Fiabe in versi (1916); ''Gli occhi cerchiati d'azzurro (1920); La reginetta Chiomadoro (1923); Il ragno incantato (1923) and La carriera dei pupazzi (1925). In addition, she contributed to Lidel'', a nationalist women's magazine which was in circulation in the period 1919–1935.{{cite journal|author=Eugenia Paulicelli|title=Fashion, the Politics of Style and National Identity in Pre-Fascist and Fascist Italy|journal=Gender & History|date=2002|volume=14|issue=3|page=552|doi=10.1111/1468-0424.00281 In the following years she became romantically involved with Pitigrilli (Dino Segre). The relationship became so intense that she had a nervous breakdown. She eventually recovered, and felt that the experience had made her stronger. In 1935 Guglielminetti moved to Rome to pursue a career in journalism, but returned to Turin in 1937. She died from complications resulting from an accident during an air-raid. She had always been a solitary and somewhat depressed figure. == Works ==