Gaia Servadio
| Gaia Servadio | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1938 Padua, Italy |
| Residence | Belgravia, London, U.K. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse(s) | William Mostyn-Owen |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Boris Johnson (former son-in-law) |
Gaia Servadio (born 1938) is an Italian writer.
Early life
Servadio was born in Padua, of Jewish and Sicilian ancestry.[1] She received a bachelor's degree from London's Camberwell School of Art.[1]
Career
Her first novel Tanto gentile e tanto onesta, aka Melinda, was published in 1967 by Feltrinelli in Italy and Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK, and was a "a runaway success".[1]
Personal life
Servadio married the British art historian William Mostyn-Owen, and they had three children, Owen, Allegra and Orlando.[2] In 1968, they were living in "23 rooms or so" of one wing of Aberuchill Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.[3] Their daughter Allegra was the first wife of the politician Boris Johnson.[4]
Servadio lives in Belgravia, London.[5]
Works
Fiction
- Tanto gentile e tanto onesta (Feltrinelli, 1967)
- Don Giovanni e L'azione consiste (Feltrinelli, 1968)
- Un'infanzia diversa (Rizzoli, 1988)
- Il lamento di Arianna (La Tartaruga, 1988)
- La storia di R. (Rizzoli, 1990)
- E i morti non sanno (Dario Flaccovio Ed., 2005)
- Raccogliamo le vele - Autobiografia (Feltrinelli, 2014)
Non-fiction
- Luchino Visconti (Mondadori, 1980)
- La Donna del Rinascimento (Garzanti, 1986)
- Traviata. Vita di Giuseppina Strepponi (Rizzoli, 1994)
- Mozia. Alla scoperta di una civiltà scomparsa (Flaccovio Dario, 2003)
- Scritti siriani dell'antichità: testi preclassici e classici (A cura di G.S.; Pisa e Roma, Fabrizio Serra editore, 2010)
- Gioachino Rossini Una vita (Feltrinelli 2015)
References
- 1 2 3 Andrew and Suzanne Edwards (2013-02-16). "From Designer to Journalist: An Interview with Gaia Servadio". Times of Sicily. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ Humphrey Burton. "William Mostyn-Owen obituary | Education". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ LIFE. Time Inc. 7 June 1968. pp. 83–84. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ Rachel Helyer-Donaldson (2010-01-08). "Boris Johnson's first wife marries again". Theweek.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ "Alain Elkann Interviews Gaia Servadio writer, historian and broadcaster". Alainelkanninterviews.com. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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