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Iris Origo

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in Birdlip, The United Kingdom

August 15, 1902

Died

June 28, 1988

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Iris Origo was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy’s fascist regime and Nazi occupied forces. She is the author of Images and Shadows; A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939–1940 (NYRB Classics); Leopardi: A Study in Solitude; and The Merchant of Prato, among others.

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	War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 4.21 avg rating — 1,334 ratings — published 1947 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939–1940 3.98 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City 3.96 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 1957 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Images and Shadows: Part of a Life 4.06 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 1970 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leopardi: A Study in Solitude by Iris Origo, Shirley Hazzard (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron & Teresa Guiccioli 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1949 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Need to Testify 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Byrons Tochter: Allegra liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Just as, in travel, one may miss seeing the sunset because one cannot find the ticket-office or is afraid of missing the train, so in even the closest human relationships a vast amount of time and of affection is drained away in minor misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and failures in consideration or understanding.”
― Iris Origo

tags: missed-opportunities, relationship, sunset

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“These—the shared, simple acts of everyday life—are the realities on which international understanding can be built.”
― Iris Origo, War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944

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“every subject under the sun, was seen only in its relation to vested interests. So complete, so whole-hearted was his preoccupation that after an hour’s conversation I began to wonder whether I had not been incredibly naïve in believing there was any other governing motive in human life.”
― Iris Origo, A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939–1940

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