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42. AUTORE BINAZIONALE<br />

Invece di una persona a double face, Gaia Servadio<br />

ha realizzato una fusione delle sue due<br />

nazionalità: italiana e britannica. Nella sua vita<br />

coniugale, con William Mostyn Owen e poi con<br />

Hugh Myddleton, e come autore bilingue di<br />

romanzi, biografie, poesie e saggi.<br />

La sua carriera letteraria l’ha portata a frequenti<br />

p<strong>art</strong>ecipazioni pubbliche. È molto<br />

richiesta per i talk show televisivi e conferenze,<br />

di bella presenza è carismatica sullo schermo<br />

e sul podio.<br />

Quando si trova in Italia, l’estate, non manca<br />

mai un Palio di Siena. Quella strenua gara,<br />

istituita nel settecento, non è una mera manifestazone<br />

turistica, anche se attira molti visitatori.<br />

È un evento di vita reale che coinvolge<br />

tutta la cittadinanza senese.<br />

Siena, 1968<br />

96<br />

BINATIONAL AUTHOR<br />

Rather than a two faceted persona, Gaia Servadio<br />

has achieved a seamless blend of her two<br />

nationalities, Italian and British. In life as the<br />

wife of William Mostyn Owen and then of Hugh<br />

Myddleton, and as a bilingual author of novels,<br />

biographies, poems and <strong>art</strong>icles.<br />

Her literary career has led to frequent public<br />

appearances. She is in demand for tv talk shows<br />

and lectures, and with her good looks is<br />

charismatic on the screen and on the podium.<br />

When in Italy in the summer she will not miss the<br />

horse race in Siena known as the Palio. That<br />

strenuous competition, instituted in the 18th<br />

century, is not just a tourist attraction, though it<br />

draws many visitors, but a real-life event with<br />

the p<strong>art</strong>icipation of all the Sienese citizenry.<br />

Siena, 1968

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