Maria bellonci lucrezia borgia paintings

PERSONAL:

Born November 3, 1902 in Rome, Italy; died following a long illness, May 13, 1986, in Rome, Italy; daughter of Girolamo Vittoria (a professor of chemistry, University of Rome) and Felicita Bellucci Villavecchia; married Goffredo Bellonci (a journalist and critic), 1928.

CAREER:

Journalist, reviewer, and author.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Viareggio prize, 1939, for Lucrezia Borgia.

WRITINGS:

Lucrezia Borgia, la sua vita e i suoi tempi, Mondadori (Milan, Italy), 1939, translation by Bernard and Barbara Wall published as The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1939, reprinted, Phoenix Press (London, England), 2000.

Segreti dei Gonzaga (title means "Secrets of the Gonzagas"), Mondadori (Milan, Italy), 1947, translation by Stuart Hood published as A Prince of Mantua: The Life and Times of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Harcourt, Brace (New York, NY), 1956.

Milano Viscontea, Edizioni Radio Italiana (Turin, Ital