Dorothy Nevile Lees (1880–1966)

Dorothy Nevile Lees (1880-1966), author and journalist, lived in Florence from 1903 until her death. She wrote numerous articles from Florence for British and American reviews and newspapers and published Scenes and Shrines in Tuscany and 'Tuscan Feasts and Tuscan Friends' in 1907. In the same year, she met Edward Gordon Craig and she collaborated with him on publication of The Mask. She stayed in Italy during the two world wars and in recognition of her services to the Allies during the Second World War she was awarded a diploma by the Allied Military Command.