Moderata Fonte

Jun 15, 1555 - 1592

Moderata Fonte, pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi, also known as Modesto Pozzo, was a Venetian writer and poet. Besides the posthumously-published dialogues, Giustizia delle donne and Il merito delle donne, for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry. Details of her life are known from the biography by Giovanni Niccolò Doglioni, her uncle, included as a preface to the dialogue.
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