Gemelli University Policlinic for over a month after severe femoral trauma due to an accidental fall at home. After her death, she was mourned among the main political and cultural actors. Journalist Enzo Biagi described Agnelly thusly: "They call her Suni; she is a courageous woman who above all has one merit: sincerity. Sometimes, in interviews, she too can say hasty things: but she's not a hypocrite or flatterer, she doesn't calculate. In forty days she wrote a book of memories, some even unpleasant: We Dressed in the Sailor Suit. It has sold 255,000 copies, has been translated into other languages, and won the Bancarella Prize." Books Agnelli wrote a number of books including Vestivamo alla marinara (1975), Gente alla deriva (1980), Ricordati Gualeguaychu (1982), Addio, addio mio ultimo amore (1985), and Questo libro è tuo (1993). Her 1975 autobiography was a bestseller in Italy and won the Premio Bancarella. In popular culture In 2022, Agnelli was the subject of an episode of the RAI docu-series Illuminate. Honours Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika, 18 December 1995. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 21 May 1996. References Further reading External links Agnelli Susanna at 150anni.it (in Italian) Agnelli, Susanna (1922—) at Encyclopedia.com (in English) Agnèlli, Susanna at Sapere.it by De Agostini (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at Biografie online (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at Encyclopedia Britannica (in English) Susanna Agnelli at BeWeB by the Episcopal Conference of Italy (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at Camera.it (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at European Parliament (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at Senato.it (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli at Telecom Italia (in Italian) Susanna Agnelli, una vita per immagini at La Repubblica (in Italian) Uno sguardo sulla vita di Susanna Agnelli at RAI (in Italian) 1922 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Italian women politicians 20th-century Italian women writers 20th-century Italian writers Susanna Bancarella Prize winners Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy Female foreign ministers Foreign ministers of Italy Italian countesses Italian people of American descent Italian Republican Party politicians Italian women diplomats Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Mayors of places in Tuscany Nobility from Turin Politicians from Turin Senators of Legislature IX of Italy Senators of Legislature X of Italy Women government ministers of Italy Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Women members of the Senate of