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Iris Origo (1902–1988)

Author of The merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini

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Canonical name
Origo, Iris
Legal name
Origo, Iris Margaret (Marchesa of Val d'Orcia)
Other names
Cutting, Iris (birth)
Date of birth
1902-08-15
Date of death
1988-06-28
Burial location
La Foce estate, Montepulciano, Italy
Gender
female
Nationality
USA (birth)
Italy (resident)
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Birthplace
New York, USA
Place of death
Rome, Italy
Places of residence
Tuscany, Italy
Villa Medici, Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy
La Foce, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
Palazzo Orsini, Rome, Italy
Education
governesses
Occupations
Aristocrat
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Relationships
Berenson, Bernard (friend)
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Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander ∙ 1976)
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Dame Iris Margaret Origo, Marchesa of Val d'Orcia DBE, was an Anglo-Irish writer. She and her husband also devoted much time to the improvement of their Italian estate at La Foce, near Montepulciano in Tuscany. They stayed there during World War II, helping to shelter refugee children and some escaped Allied prisoners of war.
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