Nadja Malacrida

Nadja Malacrida
Marchesa Malacrida de Saint-August
Malacrida at the time of her marriage, 1922
BornLouisa Nadia Green
(1895-06-15)15 June 1895
Hampstead, London, England
Died3 October 1934(1934-10-03) (aged 39)
Henley-on-Thames, England
BuriedFairmile Cemetery, Henley-on-Thames
Spouse(s)Piero Malacrida de Saint-August
Occupation
  • writer
  • radio broadcaster
  • racing driver
  • socialite
Ritratto dalla Marchesa Malacrida (1926) by Ettore Tito

Louisa, Marchesa Malacrida de Saint-August (née Louisa Nadia Green, 15 June 1895 – 3 October 1934), known by the pen names Nadja Malacrida and Nadja, was an English writer, radio broadcaster, racing driver, and socialite. A novelist, playwright, and poet, she published three books of war poetry during the First World War. An Italian aristocrat by marriage, she was a prominent figure of 20th-century London high society.