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
portrait of Cora Fabbri by her brother Egisto Paolo Fabbri
BornNovember 27, 1871 Edit this on Wikidata
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
DiedJanuary 12, 1892 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 20)
Sanremo Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPoet, writer Edit this on Wikidata

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

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  1. ^ Sangster, Margaret E. (6 February 1892). "A Book of Verse". Harper's Bazzar. 25 (6): 102–103.
  2. ^ a b Schiavo, Giovanni Ermenegildo (1952). Four Centuries of Italian-American History. Vigo Press.
  3. ^ Schmalhofer, Stephen (25 June 2019). "Saint Francis in the House of Morgan". newcriterion.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  4. ^ "Fabbri, Cora". Song of America. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  5. ^ "OBITUARY NOTES". New York Times. 14 Jan 1892. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Cora Fabbri Letter". The Mosher Press. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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  • Lyrics by Cora Fabbri at HathiTrust