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'''Teresina Bontempi''' was an Italian speaking swiss writer and editor from [[Canton Ticino]], [[Switzerland]].She promoted the [[Italian irredentism in Switzerland|Italian irredentism in southern Switzerland]] in the 1930s with her magazine ''L' Adula''.
'''Teresina Bontempi''' was an Italian-speaking swiss writer and editor from [[Canton Ticino]], [[Switzerland]]. She promoted the [[Italian irredentism in Switzerland|Italian irredentism in southern Switzerland]] in the 1930s with her magazine ''L' Adula''.


==Biography==
== Biography ==


((Quote |''In 1912 she founded the magazine "L' Adula" whose publishing program was: "Fight for justice and persistent assertion of our Italian soul. The first movement reflects a decided reaction against unspeakable cowardice of our life, the latter are common to all countries are left alone, worked by medieval lords, and where the culture is poor. The second point is to say, firmly and unassailable, our Italian-..."'' <ref>[http://www.rsi.ch/donnestorie/welcome.cfm?idg=0&ids=1009&idc=5191 Photography and information of Bontempi Teresina] </ref>))
==Works==


His name is linked to '[[irredentism]] of [[Ticino]] and the newspaper "The Adula" of which she was the director. It was at the center of an ongoing controversy in Ticino and in [[Switzerland]] throughout the first half of the XX century , particularly between 1912 and 1936.
==Notes==

The father, James, was [[Secretary]] of the "Department of Education" of the Canton Ticino and Teresina studied to become an [[Inspector|Inspector]] of [[elementary school]] of the Canton.

The activity of Teresina Bontempi should be seen in relation to the severe economic and social conditions in which was the Ticino between the two world wars, and with reference to Italian culture and language with the resulting ''claims'' ("Rivendicazioni") submitted to federal authorities in 1924 and supported by all parties in Ticino. <ref>Ferdinand Crespi. Ticino''unredeemed''. Chapter Two.</ref>


== Works ==

In exile in Italy the Bontempi wrote his ''Diary of Captivity ''<ref>[http://www.editore.ch/book/1133097415/it/ ''Diary of Captivity'' by Teresina Bontempi]</ref> published successfully in the postwar period.

== Notes ==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

* Numbers of "The Adula".
* T. Bontempi,''Diary of captivity''. Armando Dadò publisher. Locarno, 1999.
* Ferdinand Crespi. ''Unredeemed Ticino. The border dispute''. From the cultural battle of the 'Adula: "invasion plans''. Franco Angeli ed. Milan, 2004.
* Sapphires, Gabriel. ''The Empire that Mussolini dreamed for Italy,'' The Boopen publisher. Pozzuoli (Naples). October 2008


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 21:08, 19 September 2010

Teresina Bontempi was an Italian-speaking swiss writer and editor from Canton Ticino, Switzerland. She promoted the Italian irredentism in southern Switzerland in the 1930s with her magazine L' Adula.

Biography

((Quote |In 1912 she founded the magazine "L' Adula" whose publishing program was: "Fight for justice and persistent assertion of our Italian soul. The first movement reflects a decided reaction against unspeakable cowardice of our life, the latter are common to all countries are left alone, worked by medieval lords, and where the culture is poor. The second point is to say, firmly and unassailable, our Italian-..." [1]))

His name is linked to 'irredentism of Ticino and the newspaper "The Adula" of which she was the director. It was at the center of an ongoing controversy in Ticino and in Switzerland throughout the first half of the XX century , particularly between 1912 and 1936.

The father, James, was Secretary of the "Department of Education" of the Canton Ticino and Teresina studied to become an Inspector of elementary school of the Canton.

The activity of Teresina Bontempi should be seen in relation to the severe economic and social conditions in which was the Ticino between the two world wars, and with reference to Italian culture and language with the resulting claims ("Rivendicazioni") submitted to federal authorities in 1924 and supported by all parties in Ticino. [2]


Works

In exile in Italy the Bontempi wrote his Diary of Captivity [3] published successfully in the postwar period.

Notes

Bibliography

  • Numbers of "The Adula".
  • T. Bontempi,Diary of captivity. Armando Dadò publisher. Locarno, 1999.
  • Ferdinand Crespi. Unredeemed Ticino. The border dispute. From the cultural battle of the 'Adula: "invasion plans. Franco Angeli ed. Milan, 2004.
  • Sapphires, Gabriel. The Empire that Mussolini dreamed for Italy, The Boopen publisher. Pozzuoli (Naples). October 2008

See also