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{{Short description|Italian writer}}
'''Gerolamo Rovetta''' (November 30, 1851 - May 8, 1910) was an Italian writer and playwright.▼
[[File:Portrait of Gerolamo Rovetta.jpg|thumb|right|156px|{{center|Gerolamo Rovetta}}]]
Born in [[Brescia]], Rovetta was the author of novels and short stories as well of stage plays and dramas. His first novel was ''Mater dolorosa'' (1882), a novel set in the world of the nobles that achieved a considerable popular success.<ref name=grr>{{cite book|last=Peter Bondanella, Julia Conway Bondanella|title=Cassell Dictionary Italian Literature|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001|isbn=0304704644}}</ref>▼
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He is also well known for the drama ''Romanticismo'', whose success was partly dued to its patriotic content;<ref name=grr/> it was later adaptated in [[Romanticismo (film)|a film with the same name]] directed by [[Clemente Fracassi]] and starred by [[Amedeo Nazzari]] and [[Clara Calamai]].<ref name="45-59">{{cite book|last=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}}</ref> In theatre ''Romanticismo'' and ''I disonesti'' found in [[Paola Pezzaglia]] an ideal interpreter.▼
▲He is also well known for the drama ''Romanticismo'', whose success was partly
Close to [[verismo]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Pierluigi Pellini|title=Naturalismo e verismo|publisher=La nuova Italia, 1998|isbn=8822130286}}</ref> his works represent the Lombard political and the bourgeoisie of the time, and show the disillusionment for the failure of the ideals of the [[Risorgimento]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Bevilacqua|title=Gerolamo Rovetta e la sua famiglia materna: appunti e ricordi|publisher=Le Monnier, 1925}}</ref>
In 1910 Rovetta committed suicide
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