Gaia Servadio

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Born
Gaia Cecilia Metella Servadio

13 September 1938
Padua, Italy
Died20 August 2021(2021-08-20) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter
Spouse(s)William Mostyn-Owen (c. 1961–1989)
Hugh Myddelton (c. 1995-2021)
Gaia Servadio
Hosting After Dark in 1988
Born
Gaia Cecilia Metella Servadio

13 September 1938
Padua, Italy
Died20 August 2021(2021-08-20) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter
Spouse(s)William Mostyn-Owen (c. 1961–1989)
Hugh Myddelton (c. 1995-2021)
Children3, including Allegra Mostyn-Owen

Gaia Cecilia Metella Servadio[1] (13 September 1938 – 20 August 2021) was an Italian writer.[2]

Servadio was born in Padua, the daughter of industrial chemist[3] Luxardo Servadio and wife Bianca Prinzi.[4] Her father was Jewish and her mother was Sicilian and Catholic.[5] She received a bachelor's degree from London's Camberwell School of Art.[4]

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 runaway success".[4]

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