Drusilla Tanzi (5 April 1885 – 20 October 1963) was an Italian writer who was born and died in Milan.
[1] She first became the wife of the art historian Matteo Marangoni and later the poet and Nobel Prize winner[3] Eugenio Montale.
[1][4] Tanzi was nicknamed "Mosca" (fly) because of her thick glasses to correct a strong myopia.
[1] According to Ahern, writing about Montale:[6]In 1927 the 30-year-old poet fell in love with Drusilla Tanzi, the wife of an eminent Italian art critic.
[6] Montale featured her in many of his works using her Mosca nickname, but he kept her true identity secret for many years.