Matilde Serao

Matilde Serao
Born(1856-03-14)14 March 1856
Patras, Greece
Died25 July 1927(1927-07-25) (aged 71)
Naples, Kingdom of Italy
SpouseEdoardo Scarfoglio

Matilde Serao (Italian pronunciation: [maˈtilde seˈraːo]; Greek: Ματθίλδη Σεράο; 14 March 1856 – 25 July 1927) was an Italian journalist and novelist. She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions.