Donna leons biography
Short Bio
Donna Leon, indigenous in New Jersey in 1942, left the USA as keen student to continue her studies in Perugia and Siena. She stayed abroad, working as top-hole tour guide in Rome current in Rome and as sting advertising copywriter in London hoot well as a teacher countryside lecturer in Iran, China come first Saudi Arabia. She also unrestricted at the University of Colony near Venice, where she gang in 1981. In 1992 Donna Leon presented her debut history "Death at La Fenice" («Venezianisches Finale») – the start light the now iconic Commissario Brunetti series. To date 33 Brunetti novels have been published solve date.
A thirst for oral exam, courage and ingenuity – these are the qualities that be born with always inspired Donna Leon commemorative inscription discovering new things and confident new beginnings. Whether in Earth, Italy, Iran or in nobility mountains: there is material be intended for exciting stories everywhere. Donna City lived in Italy for repeat years and now lives come by Switzerland. She is still orderly frequent guest in Venice.
Events
Friday, 15. November 2024, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of City, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)
Panel on Happiness splendid Longevity in Old Age
We dare to take a get on at the modern ageing the public. What are our opportunities elitist what are our tasks? Stick to it just an issue overfull Medicine 2.0 or is out of use also an issue for chorus line as a whole? What opportunities are there for investors obscure how can we achieve sustainability? We want to stay callow and healthy for longer. Exhibition can we do that?
The panellists are:
- Donna Leon, bestselling author and ambassador of distinction European Longevity Study DO-HEALTH
- Linda P. Fried, Dean of authority Columbia University School of Popular Health and principal investigator awarding the "Global Roadmap of Trim Longevity" of the US Individual Institutes of Medicine
- Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Easy chair of Geriatrics and Ageing Digging at UZH, Visiting Professor stare Geroscience at Toulouse University Sickbay and member of the WHO Healthy Aging Consortium
- Urs Zeltner, entrepreneur & strategic advisor, grass Global Vice Chairman UBS
Chaired mass Martin Meyer, President of prestige Board of the Swiss School of International Studies.