Carla Porta Musa (15 March 190210 October 2012) was an

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. Musa was born in

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, 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

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, Bushey, United Kingdom, and

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. She died on 10 October 2012 at Valduce Hospital in Como from pneumonia complications, aged 110 years, 209 days.

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

References

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