Quotes:Cossa, Pietro

Zirkoff, Boris

Cossa, Pietro (1830-80). Italian dramatist, b. at Rome. Fought for Roman republic in 1849 and later emigrated to South America. He soon returned to Italy, however, and lived precariously as a literary man until 1870, when he gained unexpected success for his acted tragedy Nerone. He produced several other tragedies on classical subjects.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 640