Antonia Pozzi

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Personal

Vocation

Italian writer, a poet. She committed suicide on 12/02/1938. The daughter of a possessive and ambitious lawyer, Antonia began to write poetry at 17 and among the first verses, were those dedicated to Antonio Maria Cervi, her professor of Latin and Greek, of whom she was enamored. The family was against the relationship and the professor asked to be transferred to Rome. Their correspondence lasted at least until 1934. In 1930, Antonia registered in the university and went through the courses of the philosopher Antonio Banfi and entered into a group of his favorite students. Under the guidance of Banfi, she graduated, writing a thesis on Flaubert. She fell into a depression, perhaps because of the political climate, perhaps because of the family environment, characterized by a weak mother, and an authoritarian father sympathetic with the Fascist regime. After her death, her papers were heavily censored and manipulated by her father.