Bianca Brogi, the patient who called herself a film actress, came to the San Niccolò asylum in the 1920s.
Her interesting career can be read in full here
[Le storie del manicomio: Bianca, la diva dimenticata](http://www.sienanews.it/in-evidenza/le-storie-del-manicomio-bianca-la-diva-dimenticata/).
Here is an excerpt from her poem "Ricordi di fanciulla"
(In memory of my dear friend Annina Danielli-Magi, who died at the age of 30)
Stanzas 18 to 22
I am very far from Siena
I spent my youth
now comes autumn
Beauty is already fading.
In Italian theatres
My song scattered with pleasure
Gathering gifts and flowers
I loosed this sweet spell.
From the glorious laurel
I put on my blonde hair
And the cheering crowd
Each called my name.
Joys, follies, sorrows,
marriage, sorrow, I have tried
and without a child
Then I found myself alone
Alone, sad and silent
In this eternal Rome
I spend my days
as if they were in Auvergne
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