Cora Randall Fabbri (November 27, 1871 – January 12, 1892)[1] was an American poet. She died at the age of twenty, shortly before her only book of poetry, Lyrics (1892), was published.
Cora Fabbri | |
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.jpg) portrait of Cora Fabbri by her brother Egisto Paolo Fabbri | |
| Born | November 27, 1871  New York City |
| Died | January 12, 1892 (aged 20) Sanremo |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
Cora Fabbri was born on November 27, 1871 in New York City. She was one of eight children of a wealthy Italian-American businessman, Ernesto Giuseppe Fabbri, and an American woman, Sara Randall, daughter of his business partner.[2] Ernesto Fabbri died in 1883, and the family moved to Florence under the care of Ernesto's brother, Egisto Paolo Fabbri, another wealthy businessman and early partner of J. P. Morgan.[3]
Fabbri began writing and publishing poetry in magazines in her teenage years.[2] A collection of her work, Lyrics, was published by Harper & Brothers in 1892. A number of poems by Fabbri were set to music by Amy Beach and Liza Lehmann.[4]
Cora Fabbri died on 12 January 1892 in Sanremo.[5] According to her brother, she died of a pulmonary illness ten days before the publication of Lyrics.[6]
References
edit- ^ Sangster, Margaret E. (6 February 1892). "A Book of Verse". Harper's Bazzar. 25 (6): 102–103.
- ^ a b Schiavo, Giovanni Ermenegildo (1952). Four Centuries of Italian-American History. Vigo Press.
- ^ Schmalhofer, Stephen (25 June 2019). "Saint Francis in the House of Morgan". newcriterion.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Fabbri, Cora". Song of America. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "OBITUARY NOTES". New York Times. 14 Jan 1892. p. 5.
- ^ "Cora Fabbri Letter". The Mosher Press. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
External links
edit- Lyrics by Cora Fabbri at HathiTrust