WRITER

Laura Cereta

1469 - 1499

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Laura Cereta (September 1469 – 1499) was one of the most notable humanist and feminist writers of fifteenth-century Italy. Cereta was the first to put women’s issues and her friendships with women front and center in her work. Cereta wrote in Brescia, Verona, and Venice in 1488–92, known for her writing in the form of letters to other intellectuals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Cereta has received more than 133,548 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Cereta is the 5,131st most popular writer (down from 4,068th in 2019), the 3,705th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,112th in 2019) and the 257th most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist
Correspondence, History, Sociology
Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469–1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue—the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In her public lectures and essays, Cereta explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. She argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues that have occupied feminist thinkers of later centuries. Yet these letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman’s private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns such as her difficult relationships with her mother and her husband. Taken together, these letters are a testament both to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.
1997
Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist
2010

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laura Cereta ranks 5,131 out of 7,302. Before her are Warren Farrell, Edoardo Sanguineti, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Enzo Biagi, Patrick Rothfuss, and Emil František Burian. After her are Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Harold Russell, Louella Parsons, Margita Figuli, Albert Mol, and Joe Eszterhas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Laura Cereta ranks 11. Before her are Thomas Cajetan, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Ishak Pasha, Elia Levita, and Francesco Granacci.  Among people deceased in 1499, Laura Cereta ranks 11. Before her are Stephen Zápolya, Paulo da Gama, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Perkin Warbeck, Ambrogio Contarini, and Leonardo III Tocco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Laura Cereta ranks 3,705 out of 5,161. Before her are Eugenio Tosi (1864), Flavio Bucci (1947), Chiara Badano (1971), Raimondo D'Inzeo (1925), Gino Cappello (1920), and Edoardo Sanguineti (1930). After her are Fausto Bertinotti (1940), Giovanni Viola (1926), Samantha Cristoforetti (1977), Riccardo Bacchelli (1891), Renzo Minoli (1904), and Alberto Bigon (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Laura Cereta ranks 257. Before her are Giovanni Berchet (1783), Anna Maria Ortese (1914), Aemilius Macer (null), Vittoria Aganoor (1855), Nino Martoglio (1870), and Edoardo Sanguineti (1930). After her are Riccardo Bacchelli (1891), Gesualdo Bufalino (1920), Polydore Vergil (1470), Alexis (-372), Carlo Cassola (1917), and Aleardo Aleardi (1812).

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