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Portia Prebys

?–2026

American writer and last companion of Giorgio Bassani, custodian of his memory and donor of the Centro Studi Bassaniani in Ferrara.

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Portia Prebys was an American writer who was the last companion of the Italian author Giorgio Bassani, best known for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, from 1977 until his death in 2000. She devoted herself to preserving and promoting his legacy as custodian of his memory.

Compiled from source reports. Automated record.

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