Anne Dunhill
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Anne Dunhill M.A.
(born 12 December 1946) is a novelist and Italian translator. She is also a former debutante and model.
Anne is the granddaughter of Alfred Dunhill. Her parents were John Dunhill (Alfred's youngest son by his first wife) and Marjorie Brown. She was educated at Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate
and La Sorbonne.
After a Lucie Clayton modelling course and a much publicised debutante season in 1964, she became one of the few former debutantes to make it as a model, appearing in numerous fashion magazines, advertisements and TV commercials in London, Milan and Paris between 1965 and 1969 when she went to live in Venice for six years. For the next fifteen years she was a full time mother before doing a BA in English and Italian at Royal Holloway, University of London
between 1986 and 1989. This led to two new careers as a novelist and translator.
From 1996 to 2001 she was Arts Editor of Epicurean Life Magazine.
In 2002 she did an MA in Representations of Italy at Royal Holloway and converted to Roman Catholicism. She now writes for the Independent Catholic News.
She has been a vegetarian since 1970.
From 1969 to 1975 she lived with the Venetian artist Roberto Ferruzzi the younger. They had a son and daughter Ingo and Anita Ferruzzi (d.2009).
In 1975 she married the former Administrative Director of the Royal Ballet Anthony Russell-Roberts
. They had two daughters, Tabitha and Juliet Russell-Roberts. She divorced Russell-Roberts in 1998.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
(born 12 December 1946) is a novelist and Italian translator. She is also a former debutante and model.
Anne is the granddaughter of Alfred Dunhill. Her parents were John Dunhill (Alfred's youngest son by his first wife) and Marjorie Brown. She was educated at Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate
Francis Holland School
Francis Holland School is the name of two independent day schools for girls in central London governed by the Francis Holland Schools Trust...
and La Sorbonne.
After a Lucie Clayton modelling course and a much publicised debutante season in 1964, she became one of the few former debutantes to make it as a model, appearing in numerous fashion magazines, advertisements and TV commercials in London, Milan and Paris between 1965 and 1969 when she went to live in Venice for six years. For the next fifteen years she was a full time mother before doing a BA in English and Italian at Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
between 1986 and 1989. This led to two new careers as a novelist and translator.
From 1996 to 2001 she was Arts Editor of Epicurean Life Magazine.
In 2002 she did an MA in Representations of Italy at Royal Holloway and converted to Roman Catholicism. She now writes for the Independent Catholic News.
She has been a vegetarian since 1970.
Personal life
Anne married her first husband Kenneth Sweet in 1968 and divorced him three years later.From 1969 to 1975 she lived with the Venetian artist Roberto Ferruzzi the younger. They had a son and daughter Ingo and Anita Ferruzzi (d.2009).
In 1975 she married the former Administrative Director of the Royal Ballet Anthony Russell-Roberts
Anthony Russell-Roberts
Anthony de Villeneuve Russell-Roberts, CBE, MA is a British businessman and opera managerRussell-Roberts is the son of Francis Douglas Russell-Roberts and the pianist Edith Margaret Gertrudis Russell-Roberts, née Ashton...
. They had two daughters, Tabitha and Juliet Russell-Roberts. She divorced Russell-Roberts in 1998.
Publications
- Ballerina: A Dancer's Life with Marguerite Porter (London 1989)
- A Darker Shade of Love (London 1991) Reprinted by Trafford Publishing 2009.
- Web of Passion (London 1993)
- The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men translated and edited by Anne Dunhill (Chicago 1999).