Italo Calvino
Italian writer and journalist (1923–1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Calvino" redirects here. For other uses, see Calvino (disambiguation).
Italo Calvino (/kælˈviːnoʊ/,[1][2] also US: /kɑːlˈ-/,[3] Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno];[4] 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 on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
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Italo Calvino | |
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Born | Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli (1923-10-15)15 October 1923 Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba |
Died | 19 September 1985(1985-09-19) (aged 61) Siena, Tuscany, Italy |
Resting place | Garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Nationality | Italian |
Literary movement | Oulipo, neorealism, Postmodernism |
Notable works | |
Spouse | Esther Judith Singer |
Children | Giovanna |
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Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, Calvino was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death.[5] He is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany.