She is interviewed frequently on radio, cable, podcasts, and for periodicals. She is also the author of I Was Shipwrecked on the Andrea Doria ! The Titanic of the 1950s.Īs an authority on her shipwreck, Simpson has appeared on American and Italian documentaries and newsmagazine features inspired by her books. Simpson also produced the documentary Andrea Doria : Are The Passengers Saved? based on Alive on the Andrea Doria. Simpson has also become the first shipwreck survivor to collaborate with a naval architect in writing a complete technical report of the account. The Noble Maritime Collection's public programs are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with former District 49 Councilwoman Debi Rose and the City Council the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. In her 2006 book Alive on the Andrea Doria: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History, Simpson becomes the first woman to publish an all-inclusive book about the shipwreck, recounting both the human and scientific aspects of the Andrea Doria- Stockholm collision and sinking of the Italian luxury liner. She also has traveled extensively, with an annual trip to Italy, where half of her family resides. Simpson pursued her love of foreign languages by teaching all levels of French and Spanish in the Farmington Public Schools and Detroit Country Day Schools.įor many years, Simpson played the violin and performed with several local symphony orchestras and chamber groups. The family settled in Detroit, Michigan where Simpson attended Wayne State University. They made their journey on the last voyage of the Andrea Doria. In 1956, Pierette Domenica Simpson ( née Burzio) and her grandparents left their village of Pranzalito, near Torino, Italy, to begin a new life in America. This exhibition was created with the guidance of survivor, educator, author, and filmmaker Pierette Domenica Simpson, who is the gatekeeper of the Andrea Doria survivor stories.
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