Ottavia Vitagliano
Ottavia Vitagliano (née: Mellone; 1894–1975) was an Italian writer, editor and publisher.[1]
The daughter of Igino Mellone and Giulia Piacentini, she was born in Milan. She became manager for her own publishing house and founded and edited various periodicals: Excelsior, Zenit, Le Vostre Novelle and Eva, most of these targeting a literate female audience.[2] These publications were all Milan-based weekly illustrated magazines (Italian: Rotocalchi) which made her one of the leading magazine publishers of the period like Mondadori and Rizzoli.[3]
By 1939, she was married to Nino Vitagliano. She was editor for the magazine Casa e Moda, which however shut down within a year. Other periodicals that she was associated with after World War II include Novella 2000, Settimo Giorno, Novelle film and Rossana. She also published the children's magazine Libro e Moschetto, which was based on Fascist principles.[1]
She used the pen name Sonia.[1]
Vitagliano was named Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. She died in Milan.[1]
Selected works[edit]
Some of her works included the following:[1]
- Oh, divina bellezza (1936)
- Il Capitano Cip, children's novel, with Mario Mortara (1940)
- Proibito sognare (1965)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Vitagliano, Ottavia (1894-1975)". Italian Women Writers. University of Chicago Library.
- ^ Patrizia Caccia. "Ottavia Vitagliano". Enciclopedia delle donne (in Italian).
- ^ Irene Piazzoni (Summer 2020). "Shaping a Weekly 'For Everyone': Italian Rotocalchi Entre-Deux-Guerres". Journal of European Periodical Studies. 5 (1): 25, 27. doi:10.21825/jeps.v5i1.16525. hdl:2434/761032.