Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein
Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein (actually Maria Filippa Johanna Elisabeth Fernanda Yvonne Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn ; * July 23, 1980 in Koblenz ; † September 30, 2001 near Bristol ) was a German photographer. Her diaries published after her death were a bestseller.
Life
Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein was born in 1980 as the fourth of the seven children of Gabriela Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn , née Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, and Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn . At the age of eight she began to write the first diary. After graduating from high school in 1999 at the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Vallendar , Sayn-Wittgenstein began studying communication and photography at the "Academy Lorenzo di Medici" in Florence . There she met the fashion and advertising photographer Roberto Sisini , who promoted her photographic talent and hired her for some of his projects. In 1999 she met Vittorio Mazzetti d'Albertis in Florence, whom she married in June 2001 in her hometown of Sayn . After completing her studies, she was hired by Roberto Sisini for her first foreign assignment, a photo shoot in Cornwall . On the way back to London, the team's campervan on the M5 near Bristol crashed into a construction vehicle without braking for an unexplained cause. Roberto Sisini and Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein died immediately, the other passengers got away with minor injuries. Sayn-Wittgenstein was buried in Montegemoli ( Province of Pisa ), where she wanted to live with her husband.
The diary excerpts published after her death under the title Filippas Engel rose to number 6 in the Spiegel bestseller list (November 3, 2003).
Publications
- Filippas Engel From the diaries of Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein , Don-Bosco-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7698-1437-1
- Filippas Engel (audio book), read by Sunnyi Melles , Don-Bosco-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7698-1466-5
- El ángel de Filippa , Madrid, Palabra, 2005, ISBN 8-4823-9958-6
- L 'Angelo di Filippa , Rome, Effata, 2012
The Foundation
The royalties from the books and audio books sold go to the Filippas Engel Foundation , which awards prizes every year to young people who are sustainably committed to social, cultural or ecological issues.
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Web links
- Literature by and about Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in the world
- MDR contribution to the "Filippas Engel" foundation ( Memento from September 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- "Filippas Engel" Foundation
- Obituary in the Sayn homeland archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sayn-Wittgenstein, Filippa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Maria Filippa Johanna Elisabeth Fernanda Yvonne Princess zu (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and bestselling author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2001 |
| Place of death | at Bristol |