Andrea di Robilant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrea di Robilant

Italian journalist, writer, historian and professor

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: writer, professor, historian, journalist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Andrea di Robilant (born Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist and writer.Di Robilant was born in Rome, Italy and educated at Columbia University, where he earned his BA in History and his MA in International Relations.
He is the eldest of three sons of Count Alvise Nicolis di Robilant e Cereaglio, of Piedmontese and Venetian ancestry, and American Elizabeth, née Stokes.
His father, a descendant of Italian statesman and diplomat Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant, was managing director of Sotheby's in Italy; he was found murdered in his apartment in the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence in 1997, aged 72.In 2003 di Robilant wrote his first book A Venetian Affair, (2003) a biography of his ancestor in 18th century Venice based on their correspondence; and a sequel entitled Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon (2008).
In 2011 he published Irresistible North: From Venice to Greenland on the Trail of the Zen Brothers, in which he analyses the claim that two Venetian merchants, the Zeno brothers, sailed over the north Atlantic in a pre-Columbian expedition to North America. His new book, Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse was published in 2018.Di Robilant lives in Rome, working as a correspondent for the newspaper La Stampa and teaching at John Cabot University and the American University of Rome.
He and his wife, Alessandra, have two sons.