| Adriana Ivancich | |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
| Death Place: | Orbetello, Italy |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Notable Works: | Ho guardato il cielo e la terra La torre bianca |
Adriana Ivancich (4 January 1930) was an Italian poet and a noblewoman of Croatian origin. She was also known for her romantic relationship with the writer Ernest Hemingway.[1] [2]
Adriana Ivancich met Hemingway in 1948 when she was 18 and the writer nearly 50. In spite of being married, Hemingway fell in love with her, spending time with her in Venice and Cuba. They met for the last time in Italy in May 1954.
Ivancich inspired the figure of Renata in Hemingway's 1950 novel Across the River and into the Trees, which was set in Venice. She provided illustrations for the cover of that book as well as for the 1952 first edition of The Old Man and the Sea.
In 1953, Ivancich published a collection of her own poems, Ho guardato il cielo e la terra (Mondadori), with Hemingway's enthusiastic support. In 1980, she published her own account of her time with Hemingway, La Torre Bianca. In 1983, she committed suicide.