![]() ![]() However, he didn’t start writing it until he was 60, finishing it only a few months before he died. Lampedusa thought about The Leopard for 25 years, basing the novel on his great-grandfather, who lived during Garibaldi’s period. All his life, he was known for preferring solitude, except for the company of his beloved wife, Alexandra “Licy” von Wolff-Stomersee, a Baltic German noblewoman. After studying briefly in Rome, Lampedusa was drafted to fight in World War I, during which he spent time as a prisoner of war in Hungary. Lampedusa was multilingual and well-read, and he was especially fond of French literature. Giuseppe grew up an only child who was strongly influenced by his mother and grandmother. This title traced back to the 17th century, when it was first granted to Lampedusa’s ancestor by Charles II of Spain. ![]() ![]() Giuseppe di Lampedusa was a member of the Sicilian nobility-the last Prince of Lampedusa. ![]()
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