Gerolamo Rovetta (November 30, 1851 - May 8, 1910) was an Italian writer and playwright.
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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.[1]
He is also well known for the drama Romanticismo, whose success was partly dued to its patriotic content;[1] it was later adaptated in a film with the same name directed by Clemente Fracassi and starred by Amedeo Nazzari and Clara Calamai.[2] In theatre Romanticismo and I disonesti found in Paola Pezzaglia an ideal interpreter.
Close to verismo,[3] 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.[4]
Rovetta committed suicide in 1910, leaving an unfinished novel.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Peter Bondanella; Julia Conway Bondanella. Cassell Dictionary Italian Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 0304704644.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Pierluigi Pellini. Naturalismo e verismo. La nuova Italia, 1998. ISBN 8822130286.
- ^ Enrico Bevilacqua. Gerolamo Rovetta e la sua famiglia materna: appunti e ricordi. Le Monnier, 1925.