# A Tower in Tuscany: Or a Home for My Writers and Other Animals - Hardcover

by **Beatrice Monti Della Corte** (Editor), **Michael Cunningham** (Editor), **François Halard** (Photographer)

**A glimpse inside a magical Tuscan villa--rustic yet urbane, old-world elegant yet bohemian, accessible yet personal--that nurtures the world's finest literary talents.**

In the hills above Florence, Santa Maddalena is like a secret garden where writers hone their craft and meet like-minded people. Paired with evocative images, these essays by 27 acclaimed authors invite readers to understand how the spirit of this restored villa, its owners and resident pets have inspired creative writing and creativity among so many.

Monti della Corte and her late husband, Gregor von Rezzori, transformed a ruin into the ultimate retreat where they would write, garden, and entertain friends and fellow artists--Pedro Almod var, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Hockney, Isabella Rossellini. This gracious weaving together of hospitality and creativity became the Santa Maddalena Foundation and writers' fellowship program in 2000.

### Author Biography

**Beatrice Monti della Corte** ran Galleria dell'Ariete, a trailblazing art gallery in Milan in the 1950s and is the founder of the Santa Maddalena Foundation, which administers the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and the eponymous writers' retreat. **François Halard** is one of the most important interior and architectural photographers and has been published in _Vogue_, _Apartamento_, _T Magazine_, and _Cabana_, among others. **Michael Cunningham** is the author of _A Home at the End of the World_, _Flesh and Blood_, _The Hours_ (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize), _Specimen Days_, _By Nightfall_, _The Snow Queen_, and _Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown_.

**Number of Pages:** 232

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 10.5 x 8.1 IN

**Publication Date:** April 27, 2021

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