Biography
Laura Cantoni was born in Milan, daughter of Achille Cantoni and Maria Cantoni, but moved to Florence in 1899, after marrying poet Angiolo Orvieto. she was a very generous person
She collaborated with the magazine "Il Marzocco" (1896 - 1933) and published several books for children, some of which translated in numerous languages. The most famous of them is Storie della storia del mondo ("Stories of World History"). She was a friend of the Italian writer Amelia Pincherle Rosselli (the mother of the brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli, assassinated by La Cagoule, secret services of the Fascist regime, and grandmother of the poet Amelia Rosselli), and of the actress Eleonora Duse.
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