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

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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

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as a critic of literature). In 1981, she became a university researcher. Since 2003, she has been the rector's delegate for culture and

and has organized the "Forum interdisciplinare per gli studi e la formazione di genere" (English

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forum for gender studies and training) at the

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. 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), the narrative series ''Vicoli. Vie strette secondarie. Paesaggi letterari inesplorati'' (English: Vicoli. Narrow secondary streets. Unexplored literary landscapes) (ed. CLEUP), ''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) (

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, Fabrizio Serra Editore). She deals with Italian and European

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, the fiction of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, culture and gender, as well as

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and authors, such as

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, and

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. 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. She edited the posthumous publication of some works by

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(such as ''Vigilie'' and ''Sulla breccia'') and Romano Pascutto (such as ''Il praetore delle baracche'', ''La lodola morning'', and ''Il viaggio''). 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

. 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.

Selected works

Essays

* ''A piè di pagina. Saggi di letteratura italiana'', Padova, ed. Il Poligrafo, 2012, . * ''Lo specchio infranto: la relazione tra padre e figlia in alcune scrittrici italiane contemporanee'' in collaboration with Regione del Veneto, Padova, ed. Il Poligrafo, 2010, . * ''L'inchiostro bianco: madri e figlie nella narrativa italiana contemporanea'', Padova, ed. Il Poligrafo, 2009, . * ''La terra in tasca: esperienze di scrittura nel Veneto contemporaneo'', ed. Il Poligrafo, 2003, . * ''Il "limes" e la casa degli specchi. La nuova narrativa veneta'', ed.

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, Padova, ed. Il Poligrafo, 1999, . * ''Il mito americano: origine e crisi di un modello culturale'', Padova, ed. CLEUP, 1980, . * ''Gli intellettuali in trincea: politica e cultura nell'Italia del dopoguerra'', introduction by Gian Piero Brunetta, Padova, ed. CLEUP, 1977, BN 778486. * ''Umanesimo, rinascimento, Machiavelli nella critica gramsciana'', Roma, ed. Bulzoni Editore, 1975, BN 764120.

Novels

* ''Ti ho cercata in ogni stanza'', ed. L'Iguana, 2016, . * ''La passione di una figlia ingrata'', ed. L'Iguana, 2014, . *''Siamo tutte ragazze madri,'' ed. L'Iguana, 2018, . *''A che punto è il giorno. Racconti'', ed. Apogeo, 2019, . *''Quella voce poco fa'', ed. Jacobelli, 2019, .

Stories

* ''M'ama? Mamme, madri, matrigne oppure no'', edited by Annalisa Bruni, Saveria Chemotti and Antonella Cilento, Padova, ed. Il Poligrafo, 2008, . * ''Il giogo dei ruoli'' (with Mario Coglitore), Il poligrafo, 2021.

References

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