Gerolamo Rovetta: Difference between revisions

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|lastauthor1=Peter Bondanella, |author2=Julia Conway Bondanella |title=Cassell Dictionary Italian Literature|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001|isbn=0304704644}}</ref>

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|lastauthor1=Roberto Chiti, |author2=Roberto Poppi, |author3=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.