ALL'OMBRA DI CAPUANA: ADELAIDE BERNARDINI SCRITTRICE E DRAMMATURGA

Resumen

Si analizzano la figura e l’opera di Adelaide Bernardini, poetessa, narratrice, giornalista e drammaturga, ricordata in genere solo come giovane moglie del grande Luigi Capuana ma che invece fu scrittrice feconda, varia nei generi e nei temi, promotrice d’istanze favorevoli alle donne, ed infaticabile imprenditrice dell’opera sua e del marito, specie in campo teatrale dove collaborò con grandi artisti e intellettuali come Nino Martoglio, Giovanni Grasso e Angelo Musco.

Abstract

An analysis of the figure and the works of Adelaide Bernardini – poetess, storyteller, journalist and playwright. She is usually only remembered as the young wife of the great Luigi Capuana, nevertheless she was a prolific writer who explored many genres and themes, she promoted several initiatives in favour of women and was a tireless entrepreneur for both hers and her husband’s work – especially in theatre where she worked with important artists and intellectuals as Nino Martoglio, Giovanni Grasso and Angelo Musco.