Poems about Trieste by Slovene and Italian Female Authors

Abstract

The article outlinesthe lives of Slovene and Italian women poets who wrote poems in the first half of the 20th century and are associated with Trieste and its vicinity. It looks at their commonalities and differences at the levels of motifs, themes, and ideas.At the same time,it points out the importance and role of the women poets in forming both Slovene and Italian poetic images of Trieste and its vicinity. The Italian women poets depicted Trieste in an origiŽ nal way as a mythological, fairy-tale, or epical heroine,with the purpose of highlighting, on a symbolic level, the meaning of Trieste's annexation to Italy. The Slovene women poets, on the other hand, playedan important role in creatingthe poetic symbols of Slovene identityin the Trieste area between the two wars (The National Home, Basovizza/Bazovica).