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The Pursuit of Happiness – Part 3. Posted by Serena on Mar 21, 2014
Here’s a poem by the Italian poetess Ada Negri (1870 – 1945), which reflects the phrase ‘Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero’, ‘seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future’ (Horace, 65 – 8 BC), quoted by Geoff in part 1 of this series. I feel an affinity for the message in…
Piove di Ada Negri Posted by Serena on Nov 27, 2012
Poet and writer, Ada Negri was born in Lodi (Lombardia) in 1870. Her father, a coachman, died when she was only one year old, and her mother worked as a weaver in a factory. Ada recounts in her autobiography “Stella Mattutina” (Morning Star), published in 1921, how she spent many years of her lonely childhood…