Gaia Servadio
Gaia Cecilia M. Servadio is an Italian writer.Early life and career
Servadio was born in Padua, the daughter of Bianca Prinzi and Luxardo Servadio. Her father was Jewish and her mother was Sicilian and Catholic. She received a bachelor's degree from London's Camberwell School of Art.
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 "a runaway success".Personal life
Servadio was married the British art historian William Mostyn-Owen c. 1961—1989, and they had three children, Owen, Allegra and Orlando. In 1968, they were living in "23 rooms or so" of one wing of Aberuchill Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.
Their daughter Allegra, an art teacher, was the first wife of the politician Boris Johnson. Their son Orlando is an artist and a painter.
Servadio lives in Belgravia, London.Works
Fiction
