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Dominique Bona
Dominique Bona (born 29 July 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer.
Life.
She won the 2000 Bourse Goncourt for biography, and 1998 Prix Renaudot.
She was literary critic for "Figaro" and "Journal du dimanche".
She was elected a member of Académie française in April 2013.
She is the daughter of Arthur Conte and Colette Lacassagne.
Neapolitan sums
The Neapolitan sums () refers to a loan made in 1557 by Bona Sforza, dowager Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania, to Philip II of Spain. The debt was never repaid and continued to be disputed between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kingdom of Spain up until the Third Partition in 1795. The phrase "sumy neapolitańskie" became synonymous in the Polish language with empty promises to repay debt.
Loan and last will.
In February 1556, Bona Sforza departed Poland to her native