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Carla Porta Musa
Italian supercentenarian, essayist and poet (1902–2012) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carla Porta Musa (15 March 1902 – 10 October 2012) was an Italian supercentenarian, essayist and poet.
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Life and career
Musa was born in Como, Italy, to Maria Casella and Enrico Musa, a well known engineer in Milan. Her passion for books started on her sixth birthday when her father gave her a small library which she shared with her three siblings. She studied in Lausanne, Switzerland, Bushey, United Kingdom, and Paris, France.[1]
Musa died from pneumonia complications at Valduce Hospital in Como, on 10 October 2012, aged 110 years, 209 days.[2]
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Partial bibliography
- Le tre zitelle, 2010
 - Villa Elisabetta, 2008
 - Lasciati prender per mano, 2007
 - La ribelle incatenata, 2005
 - Nel segno di Chiara, 1998
 - Il cielo nel cuore, 1997
 - Il suo cane ciao e altre storie, 1995
 - Le stagioni di Chiara, 1994
 - Il tuo cuore e il mio, 1992
 - Lampi al magnesio, 1991
 - La luna di traverso, 1965
 - Il cortile, 1961
 - Storia di Peter, 1960
 - Girometta e Pampacoca, 1960
 - La breve estate, 1959
 - Liberata, 1958
 - Virginia 1880, 1955
 - Quaderno rosso, 1954
 - Nuovi momenti lirici, 1953
 - Momenti Lirici, 1950
 
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