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Simonetta Rossi
Simonetta is an Italian surname and female given. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Simonetta Moro, Italian fine artist *Simonetta Puccini (1929–2017) * Simonetta Greggio, Italian novelist who writes in French * Simonetta Paloscia, Italian engineer *Simonetta Stefanelli (born 1954), Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy *Simonetta Vespucci (1453–1476), the wife of the Italian nobleman Marco Vespucci of Florence *Simonetta Di Pippo, Italian astrophysicist *Simonetta Lein, American model *Simonetta Sommaruga, Swiss politician Surname *Cicco Simonetta (1410–1480), Italian secretary, statesman and cryptographer * Ada Sacchi Simonetta (1874–1944), Italian librarian *Umberto Simonetta (1926–1998), Italian playwright, writer and lyricist *Francesco Simonetta Francesco Simonetta (died 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Foligno (1606–1612) and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1606–1612). Biography Francesco Simonetta was born in Milan, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Moro
Simonetta Moro (born December 31, 1970) is an artist and educator, best known for her drawings, prints, paintings, and mappings that depict the flow of change, landmasses, the depth of history, and psychological states or memory. Moving to New York City in 2003, she took a teaching position at The New School in Manhattan, and developed their art program. In 2010, she became the director of the PhD program at IDSVA, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. References Italian artists Living people 1970 births Fulbright alumni Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni Alumni of the University of Southampton {{DEFAULTSORT:Moro, Simonetta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Puccini
Simonetta Puccini, born Simonetta Giurumello (2 June 1929, Pisa16 December 2017, Milan) was the last surviving acknowledged descendant of the composer Giacomo Puccini. She dedicated her life to her grandfather's memory, and owned and restored the composer's home, Villa Museo Puccini. Heir to Puccini Giacomo Puccini's only son, Antonio, had no children by his wife, but fathered an illegitimate daughter, Simonetta Giurumello, who was born in 1929. She graduated from the University of Milan and was a teacher until 1973. The composer had died in 1924, leaving a large fortune in property and royalties. In 1995, after a legal battle that started in 1980, Simonetta was proven to be Antonio's daughter and was assigned one-third of her grandfather's (now greatly diminished) estate, which included his villa in Torre del Lago, and took his name. The remainder of the estate remained in possession of its original heirs, who were not related to the Puccini family. Another claimed heir, Nadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Greggio
Simonetta Greggio is an Italian novelist who writes in French. Biography Born on 21 April 1961 in Padova, Italy, Simonetta Greggio moved to Paris, France, in 1981 and has been living there since. Before turning to literature, she contributed as a journalist to several magazines such as City, Télérama, D. La Repubblica and Figaro Madame. Career Simonetta Greggio is the author of a dozen books and guides on "art de vivre". Her first novel, ''La douceur des hommes'', published by Stock in 2005, was voted one of the twenty best books of the year by French magazine '' Lire''. Her short novela, ''Etoiles'', published by Flammarion in 2006, is translated into six languages including Russian and Korean. Her second novel, ''Col de l’Ange'', published by Stock in 2007 awaits to be translated. Bibliography Novels: * 2005 : ''La douceur des hommes'', Stock Publishers; 2007, Le Livre de Poche * 2006 : ''Étoiles'', Flammarion Publishers; 2008, Le Livre de Poche * 2007 : ''Col d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Paloscia
Simonetta Paloscia from the Institute of Applied Physics- National Research Council, Florence, Italy was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 ''for contributions to active and passive microwave remote sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth ... of vegetation and land surfaces''. References Fellow Members of the IEEE Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Stefanelli
Simonetta Stefanelli (; born 30 November 1954) is an Italian entrepreneur, fashion designer and retired actress. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film ''The Godfather'', directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her other roles include appearances in '' Moses the Lawgiver'', '' Scandal in the Family'' and '' Three Brothers''. In 1992, Stefanelli made her last film appearance in the drama '' Le amiche del cuore (Close Friends)'' directed by her then husband Michele Placido. Personal life Stefanelli was married to the actor/director Michele Placido, with whom she appeared in a number of films, including the 1975 erotic drama '' Peccati in famiglia''. They had three children together, including actress Violante Placido, and they divorced in 1994. Following their divorce, Stefanelli and her children briefly lived in London. A hoax stating that Stefanelli had died appeared on the Internet in 2006, and then again in 2008. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Vespucci
Simonetta Vespucci (née Cattaneo; 1453 – 26 April 1476), nicknamed ''la bella Simonetta'', was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence and the cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci. She was known as the greatest beauty of her age in Italy, and was allegedly the model for many paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Piero di Cosimo, and other Florentine painters. Some art historians have taken issue with these attributions, which the Victorian critic John Ruskin has been blamed for promulgating. Biography Early life and marriage Simonetta Vespucci was born Simonetta Cattaneo 1453 in a part of the Republic of Genoa that is now in the Italian region of Liguria. A more precise location for her birthplace is unknown: possibly the city of Genoa, or perhaps either Portovenere or Fezzano. The Florentine poet Politian wrote that her home was "in that stern Ligurian district up above the seacoast, where angry Neptune beats against the rocks ... There, like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Di Pippo
Simonetta Di Pippo is an Italian astrophysicist and the current Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). She holds a Master’s Degree in Astrophysics and Space Physics from University "La Sapienza", and an Honoris Causa Degree in Environmental Studies, and an Honoris Causa Degree of Doctor in International Affairs. In 2008, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid 21887 "dipippo" in honour of her contribution to space activities and in 2006, she was knighted by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. She is an Academician of IAA and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on space technology since 2016. In her career, Simonetta Di Pippo has been active in bridging the gender gap in STEM and the space sector. In 2009, she co-founded Women in Aerospace Europe and in 2017, she became a UN International Gender Champion. Prior to joining UNOOSA, she served as Director of Human Spaceflight at ESA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Lein
Simonetta Lein (born February 7, 1983) is a TV personality, TV host, model and businesswoman. Lein has won the Celebrity Media Personality & Influencer of the year 2022 award through the World Influencers Bloggers Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has modeled for designer Stevie Boi during New York Fashion Week and for Richie Rich at Madison Square Garden. Career Lein is a former columnist for Vanity Fair Italy, La Repubblica, and La Voce Di New York. She has also written for Forbes, Entrepreneur and Huffington Post USA. She has written a book, Everything Is Possible: A Novel About the Power of Dreams, which was published by Sperling & Kupfer in 2013. As a model, she has been featured in Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair Italy and Cosmopolitan. Simonetta has modelled for several fashion designers and photographers including Bruno Oliviero and Giovanni Gastel. She is the CEO and co-founder of Ausonia Partners, a media and public relations agency headquartered in Pennsylvania. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonetta Sommaruga
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020. A former director of the Consumer Protection Foundation, which merged into the Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations in 2010, Sommaruga has headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications since 2019, previously heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2010–2018). She served as Vice President of Switzerland for 2014 and 2019. Sommaruga assumed the role of President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015, before returning to the position in 2020. She resides in the canton of Bern. Biography Early life Born in Zug, Sommaruga grew up with two brothers and a sister in Sins, Aargau. She attended the gymnasium at Immensee, Schwyz and trained as a pianist at the Lucerne School of Music of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicco Simonetta
Francesco (Cicco) Simonetta (1410 – 30 October 1480) was an Italian Renaissance statesman who composed an early treatise on cryptography. Biography Francesco, nicknamed Cicco, was born in Caccuri, Calabria, and received a fine education. He studied Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and other languages and graduated in civil and canonic law, presumably in Naples. As a young man, he entered the service of the Sforza family as a secretary to condottiero Francesco Sforza and rapidly rose to the top of the administration. He was soon placed in charge of the city of Lodi. In 1441, Francesco Sforza married Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), the illegitimate daughter of Filippo Maria Visconti, 3rd Duke of Milan. On Filippo's death (1447), the so-called Ambrosian Republic had been set up in Milan by the patrician families. In 1450, Francesco Sforza, backed by the Venetians, laid siege to Milan to combat the aristocrats. The city surrendered after eight months and Francesco made himself ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Sacchi Simonetta
Ada Sacchi Simonetta (19 April 187413 January 1944) was an Italian librarian and women's rights activist. During her tenure as the head of the public library and museums in Mantua, she introduced new services and programs to make the library more democratic and reach more people, including Sunday hours, a public card catalog, and hospital libraries for soldiers during World War I. Driven by the difficult economic conditions faced by libraries in Italy, Sacchi founded a national association for library and museum officials, which advocated for library and museum interests in Italy, and eventually became part of the Italian Library Association. Sacchi was also active in the Italian women's rights movement, founding the Mantuan chapter of the Association for the Woman and serving as president of the Italian Federation for Women's Suffrage and Civil and Political Rights. Biography Early years Ada Sacchi was born on 19 April 874, in Mantua, Italy, to Achille Sacchi and Elena Casati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Simonetta
Umberto Simonetta (4 April 1926 – 25 August 1998) was an Italian playwright, writer and lyricist. He was described as "an unclassifiable artist" and "a wanderer between different genres". Born in Milan, Simonetta grew up in Switzerland where his father had been forced to move as an anti-fascist. He started his career working in couple with Guglielmo Zucconi as a radio writer and a playwright. He wrote several novels, some of them adapted into films such as '' Normal Young Man'' by Dino Risi and '' I viaggiatori della sera'' by Ugo Tognazzi. He directed the Teatro Gerolamo in Milan from 1979 until its close in 1983. As a lyricist, he often collaborated with Giorgio Gaber. In his later years Simonetta collaborated with the newspaper ''Il Giornale ''il Giornale'' ( en, The Newspaper) is an Italian language daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy. History and profile The newspaper was founded in 1974 by the journalist Indro Montanelli, together with the colleagues Enzo Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
