combine the leitrim narrative with that of rita levi - montalcini , an italian nobel laureate who bent 100 first friday . she still attends for work every day at the european brain research centre in italy , which she joined . she was appointed a senator for life in 2001 , and in 2006 , aged 97 , she attends the opens congress of the newly elected senate . she takes part in discussions in the ruling house , and in 2004 debated the textbook of adaptation in italian schools . there is no record of her having claimed a weekday off because of other commitments . apparently she even managed to work right through the garden of tralee by lifting her body from her campanile dish .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.