Cvijeta Zuzorić or Flora Zuzori (in Italian), a poet, was born in Dubrovnik around 1552. Cvijeta moved to Ancona, Italy, with her father, where she got her high education and where she spent plenty of time with artists.
When she was 18, she married a Florentine nobleman. Since her husband was given a consul position in Dubrovnik, they moved back to her hometown where they lived until 1583. She wrote poems in Croatian and Italian, as well as composed epigrams, but, unfortunately, none was found.
Cvijeta captured attention with her red hair, her beauty and exceptional education. She loved gathering artists in her house, where they held scientific discussions and art talks. Quite a few poets, charmed by her beauty and intelligence, wrote poems in her honour.
Many people in Dubrovnik criticized her and were jealous of her free spirit. Cvijeta was firmly defended from slander by her best friend, Marija Gundulić Gučetić, the first feminist in Dubrovnik, who sharply criticized the attitude of the people of Dubrovnik, supporting all the other women as well.