Italian writer and journalist (1923-1985)

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (<a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/kælˈviːnoʊ/</a>,<a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a> also <a href="/en/American_English" title="American English" class="wl">US</a>: <a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/kɑːlˈ-/</a>,<a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a> <small about="#mwt18" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-it&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-it&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lang&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">Italian:&nbsp;<a href="/en/Help:IPA/Italian" title="Help:IPA/Italian" class="wl">[ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]</a>;<a href="#cite_note-Mi_chiamo-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a> 15 October 1923&nbsp;– 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the <a href="/en/Our_Ancestors" title="Our Ancestors" class="wl">Our Ancestors</a> trilogy (1952–1959), the <a href="/en/Cosmicomics" title="Cosmicomics" class="wl">Cosmicomics</a> collection of short stories (1965), and the novels <a href="/en/Invisible_Cities" title="Invisible Cities" class="wl">Invisible Cities</a> (1972) and <a href="/en/If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler" title="If on a winter's night a traveler" class="wl">If on a winter's night a traveler</a> (1979).

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Italo Calvino, Born, Died, Resting place, Occ... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Italo Calvino</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/en/File:Italo-Calvino.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Italo-Calvino.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Italo-Calvino.jpg/220px-Italo-Calvino.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="438" data-file-type="bitmap" height="292" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Italo-Calvino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Italo-Calvino.jpg 2x" alt="Italo-Calvino.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli (1923-10-15)15 October 1923 <a href="/en/Santiago_de_Las_Vegas" title="Santiago de Las Vegas" class="mw-redirect wl">Santiago de Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/en/Cuba" title="Cuba" class="wl">Cuba</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">19 September 1985(1985-09-19) (aged&nbsp;61) <a href="/en/Siena" title="Siena" class="wl">Siena</a>, <a href="/en/Tuscany" title="Tuscany" class="wl">Tuscany</a>, <a href="/en/Italy" title="Italy" class="wl">Italy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Garden cemetery of <a href="/en/Castiglione_della_Pescaia" title="Castiglione della Pescaia" class="wl">Castiglione della Pescaia</a>, Italy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Writer, journalist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Italian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Literary movement</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/en/Oulipo" title="Oulipo" class="wl">Oulipo</a>, <a href="/en/Neorealism_(art)" title="Neorealism (art)" class="wl">neorealism</a>, <a href="/en/Postmodern_literature" title="Postmodern literature" class="wl">Postmodernism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/The_Baron_in_the_Trees" title="The Baron in the Trees" class="wl">The Baron in the Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Invisible_Cities" title="Invisible Cities" class="wl">Invisible Cities</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler" title="If on a winter's night a traveler" class="wl">If on a winter's night a traveler</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Six_Memos_for_the_Next_Millennium" title="Six Memos for the Next Millennium" class="wl">Six Memos for the Next Millennium</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Esther Judith Singer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Giovanna</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

Admired in Britain, <a href="/en/Australia" title="Australia" class="wl">Australia</a> and the <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death.<a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a>

Italo Calvino is buried in the garden cemetery of <a href="/en/Castiglione_della_Pescaia" title="Castiglione della Pescaia" class="wl">Castiglione della Pescaia</a>, in <a href="/en/Tuscany" title="Tuscany" class="wl">Tuscany</a>.

Italo Calvino was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler . Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death. Italo Calvino is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia, in Tuscany. 