Carla Porta Musa | |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1902 |
Birth Place: | Como, Lombardy, Italy |
Death Date: | 10 October 2012 (aged 110 years, 209 days) |
Death Place: | Como, Lombardy, Italy |
Spouse: | Giovanni Porta |
Children: | Livia Porta |
Parents: | Enrico Musa Maria Casella |
Occupation: | Essayist, poet |
Carla Porta Musa (15 March 190210 October 2012) was an Italian supercentenarian, essayist and poet.
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.[1]
She died on 10 October 2012 at Valduce Hospital in Como from pneumonia complications, aged 110 years, 209 days.[2]