Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (died 1957)

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Sicilian writer and prince (1896–1957)

Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE, known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, nobleman, and Prince of Lampedusa. He is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which is set in his native Sicily during the Risorgimento. A…