Italian Women Writers in Translation An Overlooked Chapter in the Cultural History of Nineteenth-Century Romania

The Romanian translations of Italian women writers of the second half of the nineteenth century is still unexplored territory. Their novels and short stories appeared mainly in literary magazines, some of which were founded by the publisher and entrepreneur Luigi Cazzavillan, a promoter of the Italian language and culture in Romania. Neera, Serao and Invernizio became relatively well known to the Romanian public, whereas Ada Negri found a refined interpreter in the poet Alexandru Vlahuță.