Anna Banti

Italian novelist, art historian, art critic, and translator.

Born June 27th, 1895 in Florence. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 1985 at 90 years old in Massa. [ref]

Occupations
art historian, biographer, publisher, translator, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner