Person in history
Jane Fortune
Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born 1942)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2018 · September 23
Their story
Who they were
Jane Fortune was an American author and journalist. Many of her publications and philanthropic activities were centered on the research, restoration, and exhibition of art by women in Florence, Italy.
Path and career
Writing Fortune was the cultural editor of The Florentine , an English-language newspaper in Tuscany , in which she appeared as a regular art and culture columnist from the newspaper's founding in 2005 until her death in 2018. Her original column, Mosaics (2005–2008), led to her writing a guidebook on the culture of Florence, To Florence, Con Amore: 77 Ways to Love the City (The Florentine Press, 2007). The book's second edition, reprinted three years later with 13 additional chapters, is entitled To Florence,
Why this date
Jane Fortune appears on our September 23 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Jane Fortune
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September 23 2018.
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