April 21, 2022 – VIP Event
Conversation with Andrea di Robilant
Six o’clock in the afternoon
Interview by Thomas Bradford, former CBS News executive in New York
Carolina Yacht Club – 50 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401
Writer Andrea di Robilant is the speaking guest traveling from Rome to Charleston for our members. Before his lecture in Charleston, we’ll see him in the upcoming CNN series Searching For Italy by Stanley Tucci. Tucci features him in the episode about Veneto, and di Robilant has a deep bond to the area. His family counts 7 Doges, the prestigious title of chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 and 1797.
Andrea is the author of acclaimed book Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse. The book explores the little-known love affair between a 50 year-old Hemingway and an 18 year-old Italian countess, Adriana Ivancich.
They met at Harry’s Bar, naturally, where they started a seven-year relationship, exchanging poignant love letters that went unpublished for decades. Two years into his marriage with Mary, wife number four, Hemingway fell hard for the young Italian beauty, 30 years his junior. The book by Andrea di Robilant, goes deep into this emotionally disturbing period of Hemingway’s life. The result is a love story on two levels — one involving an alluring city, the other Hemingway’s regrettably immature propensity for seeking extramarital bliss.
Photo of Ernest Hemingway and Adriana from the HEMINGWAY COLLECTION at the JFK LIBRARY, Boston, MA
