Adriana Ivancich () was an Italian poet and a

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of Croatian origin. She was also known for her romantic relationship with the writer

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Biography

Adriana Ivancich met

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in 1948 when she was 18 and the writer nearly 50. Despite his marriage, Hemingway fell in love with her, spending time with her in

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and

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. They met for the last time in Italy in May 1954. Ivancich inspired the figure of Renata in Hemingway's 1950 novel ''

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'', which was set in Venice. She provided illustrations for the cover of that book as well as for the 1952 first edition of ''

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''. In 1953, Ivancich published a collection of her own poems, ''Ho guardato il cielo e la terra'' (Mondadori), with Hemingway's enthusiastic support. In 1980, she published her own account of her time with Hemingway, ''La Torre Bianca.'' In 1983, she committed suicide.

Selected works

* Adriana Ivancich, ''Ho guardato il cielo e la terra'' Milan, Mondadori, 1953. * Adriana Ivancich, ''La Torre Bianca,'' Milan, Mondadori, 1980. *

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, ''Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse,'' New York, Knopf, 2018

References

Works cited

* Writers from Venice Ernest Hemingway 1930 births 1983 suicides 1983 deaths Muses (persons) 20th-century Italian poets Italian women poets 20th-century Italian women writers Suicides in Italy {{Italy-poet-stub