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Luisa Zeni

Luisa Zeni (Arco, 1896 - 1940) was an Italian secret agent and writer.

Biography

She was born in Arco, Trentino, in 1896. The daughter of a blacksmith, she lost her mother when a small child.

She lived in the early years of the Twentieth century, experiencing the climate of growing tension within the Austro-Hungarian Empire between Italians and Germans.

An irredentist, she came from a region hesitant between a centuries-old loyalty to the Habsburg and the call for Italian independence. She crossed the Italian border in 1914