Francesca Alexander
Francesca Alexander , born Esther Francesca Alexander and also known as Fanny Alexander, was an American illustrator, author, and translator from the Italian.
She was born Esther Frances Alexander in Boston, Massachusetts and educated at home. At age 16, her family moved to Florence, Italy, where she collected folk songs, tales, and customs. Her first batch of translations of Tuscan songs and stories, later published as Roadside Songs of Tuscany, was drawn from a celebrated storyteller, Beatrice Bernardi of Pian degli Ontani. In it Alexander translated Bartolomeo Casentis ottava rima ballad about a little servant girl turned saint, with Italian original opposite the translated English stanzas. Alexander illustrated her translations with drawings done in a fine and highly personal style.
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