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1. www.legacy.com › us › obituariesFrances MAYES Obituary (1937 - 2022) - Dayton, OH ...

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   Jun 8, 2022 · Frances H. Mayes, age 84, loving mother of Edwin B. Mayes passed away in the early hours of May 18th, 2022, after a courageous battle with numerous illnesses.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Frances_MayesFrances Mayes - Wikipedia

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   Frances Mayes (born March 23, 1940) is an American writer. Her 1996 memoir Under the Tuscan Sun was on the New York Times Best Seller list for over two years and was the basis for the film Under the Tuscan Sun.

3. www.legacy.com › obituaries › nameFrances MAYES Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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   Jun 10, 2022 · Frances MAYES passed away in Dayton, Ohio. The obituary was featured in Dayton Daily News on June 8, 2022.

4. www.notablebiographies.com › Mayes-FrancesFrances Mayes Biography - life, family, children, name, story ...

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   Frances Mayes of the decade on the best–seller lists. The account of her renovation of an abandoned villa in the Italian countryside was even made into a 2003 feature film that starred Diane Lane.

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   Sep 7, 2003 · Lane portrays Mayes as a recently divorced, depressed San Francisco writer who, during a vacation to Italy, impulsively buys an old villa in the Tuscan countryside and proceeds to restore it....

6. www.daytondailynews.com › obituaries › mayes-francesMAYES, Frances - Dayton Daily News

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   Jun 8, 2022 · Frances H. Mayes, age 84, loving mother of Edwin B. Mayes passed away in the early hours of May 18th, 2022, after a courageous battle with numerous illnesses. Frances was born on November 10th,...

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   Who was Frances Mayes?

   • Frances Mayes was virtually unknown as a writer until her 1996 memoir, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, went on to spend much of the remainder of the decade on the best–seller lists. The account of her renovation of an abandoned villa in the Italian countryside was even made into a 2003 feature film that starred Diane Lane.

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   When did Frances Mayes become a writer?

   • Her memoir, Under the Tuscan Sun, was made into a film by Touchstone Pictures, 2003. Award from Academy of American Poets, 1975. Frances Mayes was virtually unknown as a writer until her 1996 memoir, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, went on to spend much of the remainder of the decade on the best–seller lists.

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   Where are Frances and Edward Mayes now?

   • Frances and Edward Mayes currently divide their time between their homes in North Carolina and Cortona, Italy. Mayes has published several works of poetry: Climbing Aconcagua (1977), Sunday in Another Country (1977), After Such Pleasures (1979), The Arts of Fire (1982), Hours (1984), and Ex Voto (1995).

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   Is Mayes still living in Cortona?

   • "The spirit of the book is there, it's the same as the film's." Mayes still lives in Bramasole, and because of her books Cortona became a thriving tourist destination. The city began hosting a Tuscan Sun Festival, and even made Mayes an honorary citizen.

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8. www.georgiawritershalloffame.org › frances-mayesFrances Mayes | Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame

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   The film tells the story of a recently divorced writer, played by Lane, who buys a villa in Cortona in Tuscany. The movie is based on the 1996 memoir of the same name written by Frances Mayes. The book was on the New York Times Bestseller List for over two years and launched Mayes’ career.