Overview

• Rosetta Dello Siesto, wife and creative partner of author Andrea Camilleri, passed away in Rome at age 97.
• The couple's 62-year marriage, from 1957 until Camilleri's death in 2019, was marked by deep collaboration and mutual support.
• Dello Siesto, a Milan native, first met Camilleri in Rome during a theater production, where she assisted him as a recent graduate.
• Camilleri credited Dello Siesto with reading and influencing every line of his published work, calling her the 'backbone' of his career.
• Their family legacy includes three daughters, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, one of whom inspired Camilleri’s autobiographical book 'Ora dimmi di te. Lettera a Matilda'.