page_title: Anna Franchi
section_title: World War I years
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Franchi / Biography / World War I years
caption_attribution_description: copertina del corriere dei piccoli del 1911
context_page_description: Anna Franchi was an Italian novelist, translator, playwright and journalist.
context_section_description: In 1916, Franchi's book Città Sorelle was published supporting Corridoni's ideas. In that same year, both Gino and Ivo Martini volunteered to support the military efforts in Italy during World War I, but in 1917, she received news that her son Gino Martini, lieutenant of the machine-gunners, on Monte San Gabriele, had been killed while fighting there. For his sacrifice, he was posthumously awarded a silver medal.
  In response to the loss of her son, she founded the League of Assistance among the Mothers of the Fallen to collectively petition the government for an annuity for mothers of a married soldier who did not enjoy the right to claim a pension. She also published Il Figlio alla Guerra, a collection of conferences held at the Royal Academy of Milan. With the advent of fascism, she devoted himself only to literature, interrupting all social and political activity.
  In the 1920s, Franchi published the novels Alla Catena (1922) and La Torta di Mele (1927), the historical essay Caterina de 'Medici (1932), as well as theatrical texts and stories for children.
  In the 1930s, to support herself, she wrote for many women's magazines, sometimes using the pseudonyms of Donna Rosetta and Lyra, giving advice on beauty, clothes, etc. Under the pseudonym Nonna Anna (Grandmother Anna), she wrote for the comic book Corriere dei Piccoli (Courier of the Little Ones) for young readers.
caption: A weekly magazine published for children from 1908 to 1995 in the Italian style, with the caption appearing below each panel.
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