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Italo Calvino (/ k æ l ˈ v iː n oʊ /, also US: / k ɑː l ˈ-/, Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If ...
Italo Calvino (born October 15, 1923, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba—died September 19, 1985, Siena, Italy) was an Italian journalist, short-story writer, and novelist whose whimsical and imaginative fables made him one of the most important Italian fiction writers in the 20th century.
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Feb 27, 2023 · Italo Calvino was, word for word, the most charming writer to put pen to paper in the twentieth century. He was born a hundred years ago in Cuba, the eldest son of a wandering Italian botanist...
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- September 19, 1985
- October 15, 1923
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)
- The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, Archibald Colquhoun (Translator), Ana Goldstein (Translator)
- Cosmicomics.
Italo Calvino ( Santiago de Las Vegas de La Habana, 15 ottobre 1923 – Siena, 19 settembre 1985) è stato uno scrittore e paroliere italiano . Intellettuale di grande impegno politico, civile e culturale, è stato uno dei narratori italiani più importanti del secondo Novecento.
Italo Calvino, The Art of Fiction No. 130. Interviewed by William Weaver & Damien Pettigrew. Issue 124, Fall 1992. Upon hearing of Italo Calvino’s death in September of 1985, John Updike commented, “Calvino was a genial as well as brilliant writer.
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Oct 10, 2023 · The best books to begin with, from one of literature’s most compelling and idiosyncratic minds. “I always feel the need to alternate one type of writing with another, completely different,” said Italo Calvino, “to begin writing again as if I had never written anything before.”.
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