Author photo. Photo credit: Mariusz Kubik, Warsaw, Sept. 27, 2005

Photo credit: Mariusz Kubik, Warsaw, Sept. 27, 2005

Donna Leon

Author of Death at La Fenice

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Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates the murder of a museum director during the annual sea serge that floods the streets of Venice.

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Donna Leon has lived in Venice for about 30 years. She was a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College-Europe in Italy, and then a professor at the American military base of Vicenza. She stopped teaching to concentrate on writing and other cultural activities, especially Baroque music.     Donna Leon verließ mit 23 Jahren New Jersey, wo sie 1942 geboren wurde, um in Perugia und Siena weiterzustudieren. Seit 1965 lebt sie ständig im Ausland, sie arbeitete als Reiseleiterin in Rom, als Werbetexterin in London sowie als Lehrerin an amerikanischen Schulen in der Schweiz, im Iran, in China und Saudi-Arabien. Seit 1981 wohnt und arbeitet Donna Leon in Venedig. Commissario Brunetti machte sie weltberühmt.
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