1 Peer Reviewed Title: Rosa Rosà's "A Woman with Three Souls" in English Translation Journal Issue: California Italian Studies, 2(1) Author: Re, Lucia, University of California - Los Angeles Siracusa, Dominic, University of California, Los Angeles Publication Date: 2011 Publication Info: California Italian Studies Permalink: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7k625747 Acknowledgements: Lucia Re
[email protected] Author Bio: Lucia Re is Professor of Italian and Women’s Studies at UCLA. http://www.italian.ucla.edu/people/ faculty/re/ Dominic Siracusa (co-translator) is a graduate student in the Department of Italian at UCLA. Keywords: Futurism, Women, Italian Language and Literature, Italian Literature Local Identifier: ismrg_cisj_9003 Abstract: The 1918 short novel Una donna con tre anime by Rosa Rosà (translated here as A Woman with Three Souls) is one of the most important narrative texts published by a futurist woman. Visual poet, fiction-writer, artist, and feminist Rosa Rosà (Edith von Haynau, 1884-1978) was born and educated in Vienna. She lived in Italy most of her life, publishing in her adopted language and working as an illustrator. A Woman with Three Souls is a visionary “futurist-fantastic” narrative, with elements of both realism and science fiction. Written during World War I, the short novel is a eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. 2 feminist parable with satirical overtones, and a manifesto about the impending transformation of women’s lives, personalities and gender roles in the twentieth century and beyond. Copyright Information: All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.