Mari Tomasi | |
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| Born | Marie Tomasi January 30, 1907 Montpelier, Vermont |
| Died | November 10, 1965 (aged 58) Burlington, Vermont |
| Education | Wheaton College Trinity College |
| Notable works | Deep Grow the Roots (1940) Like Lesser Gods (1949) |
Mari Tomasi (1907–1965) was an American novelist who portrayed the lives of Italian immigrants in Vermont. Literature professor Thomas J. Ferraro calls her "the first significant Italian American woman novelist."[1] Tomasi also worked as a journalist and local historian, and served a term in the Vermont House of Representatives.
- ^ Ferraro, Thomas J. (1991). "Ethnicity and the Marketplace". In Elliott, Emory (ed.). The Columbia History of the American Novel. Columbia University Press. p. 399. ISBN 9780231073608.