Background
She was born in Dongo and began writing around 1868.
She was born in Dongo and began writing around 1868.
Her first known work is Letture educative per Fanciulle (Educative letters for Girls) published under the name Annetta Vertua. Vertua Gentile also wrote novels, short stories, short plays for children and instructional manuals on conduct. She contributed to the magazines Louisiana Donna and Giornale delle Maestre.
From 1905 to 1906, she was director for Fanciullezza italiana.
She died at the Istituto di Santa Savina in Lodi. An elementary school in Codogno was named after her.
An annual literary prize is offered by the Civica Biblioteca Popolare Luigi Ricca of Codogno in her honour.