Iris Origo was a historian from the United States, best known for War in Val D'Orcia.
Quick Facts About Iris Origo
Born
August 15, 1902
Died
June 28, 1988
Nationality
United States
Profession
Historian
Notable works
War in Val D'Orcia
About Iris Origo
Dame Iris Margaret Origo, DBE was an English-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to improving the Tuscan estate at La Foce, near Montepulciano, which she bought with her husband in the 1920s.
Awards & Honors
Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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![“[On writing biography:] ... every human life is at once so complex and so simple, so perplexing and so clear, so superficial and so profound, that any attempt to present it as a unified, consistent whole, to enclose it within a rigid frame, inevitably tempts one to cheat or to falsify.” quote by Iris Origo](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c4/iris-origo-37752_biographies_on-writing-biography-every-human-life-is_778442.jpg)
