Biography

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was born on December 23, 1896 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Leopard (1963), Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani (1982) and I riassuntini (2018). He was married to Baronesa Alessandra Wolff-Stomersee. He died on July 23, 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Of aristocratic birth, he was the son of Giulio Maria Tomasi, the Prince of Lampedusa and Duke of Palma di Montechiaro.

Adoptive father of musicologist Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi di Lampedusa.

Fought with the Italian Army during the Battle of Caporetto in World War I and was taken prisoner by the Austrian Army.