Constructing a Knowledge Graph for Italian Cinema Divas' Autobiographies

Autobiographical writings are invaluable for research, offering relevant insights into personal experiences and cultural contexts. This is particularly true for Italian actresses, whose autobiographies, while rich with information, have been relatively underexplored in academic research. The Women Writing around the Camera (WOW) project addresses this gap by developing a semantic portal dedicated to these autobiographical texts. The WOW portal will reveal the dynamics between the actresses' writings, their private lives, their artistic careers, and the cultivation of the diva image. As a first step towards this goal, this paper presents the WOW knowledge graph (KG), which maps the personal and professional networks related to the divas' lives. The KG was built starting from the actresses' autobiographies, guided by a taxonomy of themes curated by domain experts. Although still under development and expansion, the KG provides a solid foundation for future enhancements.