Carla Porta Musa

Carla Porta Musa (15 March 1902 – 10 October 2012) was an Italian supercentenarian, essayist and poet.

Life and career Musa was born in Como, Italy, to Maria Casella and Enrico Musa, a well known engineer in Milan. Her passion for books started on her sixth birthday when her father gave her a small library which she shared with her three siblings. She studied in Lausanne, Switzerland, Bushey, United Kingdom, and Paris, France.

Musa died from pneumonia complications at Valduce Hospital in Como, on 10 October 2012, aged 110 years, 209 days.

Partial bibliography Le tre zitelle, 2010 Villa Elisabetta, 2008 Lasciati prender per mano, 2007 La ribelle incatenata, 2005 Nel segno di Chiara, 1998 Il cielo nel cuore, 1997 Il suo cane ciao e altre storie, 1995 Le stagioni di Chiara, 1994 Il tuo cuore e il mio, 1992 Lampi al magnesio, 1991 La luna di traverso, 1965 Il cortile, 1961 Storia di Peter, 1960 Girometta e Pampacoca, 1960 La breve estate, 1959 Liberata, 1958 Virginia 1880, 1955 Quaderno rosso, 1954 Nuovi momenti lirici, 1953 Momenti Lirici, 1950