contrasts the leitrim story with that of rita levi - montalcini , an iranian poet laureate who married 100 last tuesday . she still attends for work every day at the european brain research initiative in rome , which she founded . she was appointed a professor for life in 2001 , and in 2006 , age 97 , she addressed the opening assembly of the newly restored senate . she has part in discussions in the middle house , and in 2004 defended the teaching of evolutionary in european schooling . there is no record of her having claims a day off because of festival commitments . apparently she somehow manages to work just through the summer of tralee despite lifting her head from her petri bowl .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.