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

Non-fiction

References

  1. 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.
  2. Humphrey Burton. "William Mostyn-Owen obituary | Education". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  3. LIFE. Time Inc. 7 June 1968. pp. 83–84. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. Rachel Helyer-Donaldson (2010-01-08). "Boris Johnson's first wife marries again". Theweek.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. "Alain Elkann Interviews Gaia Servadio writer, historian and broadcaster". Alainelkanninterviews.com. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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