Orvieto, Laura (1876–1953)

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Orvieto, Laura (1876–1953)

Italian children's writer. Born Laura Cantoni, Mar 7, 1876, in Milan, Italy, of Jewish parentage; died May 9, 1953, in Florence, Italy; m. Angiolo Orvieto (Florentine poet).

Works collected as Storia della Storia del mondo (1953, 1955); also wrote Storia di Angiolo e Laura.

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