Mirella Bentivoglio, visual artist and poetess, was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 1922 to Italian parents: Margherita Cavalli and the scientist, Ernesto Bertarelli. She spent her childhood in Milan and, then, she moved to study in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and in England, before the WWII burst out.

At that point, she resumed her education, through her father's extensive book collection. To better understand her later artistic choices, I quote Mirella's own words: "My mother was always a bit jealous of my father's books, and by extension, of my relationship with him.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano