Carolina Luzzatto (née: Sabbadini; 1837–1919) was a journalist and writer from

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. She was one of the early female newspaper directors in Italy and was part of the

irredentist Irredentism () is one state's desire to annex the territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to or the same as the population of the parent state. Hist ...

liberal-national journalists of the period.

Biography

She was born in

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on 29 November 1837 to the Sabbadini family of

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and of

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origin. She was the eldest daughter of Isach Sabbadini and Stellina Estella Norsa, originally from

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. Philosopher

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was her nephew. She was educated by Marco Tedeschi who was her relative and the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Trieste. She married Girolamo Luzzatto Coen in 1856 and moved to

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. She started her literary career in 1868 by publishing children's books and continued her activity until 1875. She directed the newspaper ''L’Isonzo'' from 1878 to 1880 and became the director of the newspapers ''Il Raccoglitore'' and ''L’Imparziale'' in 1880. She was the director of the newspaper ''Il Corriere di Gorizia'' between 1883 and 1889 and of the newspaper ''Il Corriere Friulano'' between 1901 and 1914. She also worked for different publication as their correspondent in Gorizia, including ''

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'', ''Patria del Friuli'' and ''Le Pagine Friulane''. From 30 January 1870 she contributed to a women's magazine entitled ''La Donna''. In 1915 Luzzatto was arrested at age 78 due to her commitment to the irredentist cause. She jailed in the

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and then in Ober Hollabrunn. She died on 24 January 1919 in Gorizia shortly after she was released from the prison. She was buried at the Valdirose cemetery in the

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suburb of

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