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Italo Calvino

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. I numerosi campi d'interesse toccati dal suo percorso letterario sono meditati e raccontati attraverso capolavori quali la trilogia de I nostri antenati, Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore, uniti dal filo conduttore della riflessione sulla storia e la società contemporanea.

Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. 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). Lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

Born 15 Oct 1923
Died 19 Sep 1985

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  • Cover of: The baron in the trees
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    Cover of edition baronintrees00calv Cover of edition lebaronperche0000calv_v6s5 Cover of edition derbaronaufdenba0000calv Cover of edition baronintree00calv Cover of edition baronintrees0000calv Cover of edition ilbaronerampante0000calv Cover of edition ilbaronerampante00ital First published in 1957 — 50 editions
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  • Cover of: Les Villes invisibles
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    Cover of edition lecittainvisibil00calv Cover of edition kanbujiandicheng0000calv Cover of edition invisiblecities0000calv Cover of edition invisiblecities00calv Cover of edition invisiblecitie00calv First published in 1972 — 36 editions
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  • Cover of: Our ancestors: three novels
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    Cover of edition ourancestorsthre0000calv Cover of edition ourancestors0000ital First published in 1960 — 36 editions
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  • Cover of: The path to the nest of spiders
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  • Cover of: If on a winter's night a traveller
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  • Cover of: Marcovaldo
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  • Cover of: Mr. Palomar
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  • Cover of: Cosmicomics
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    First published in 1965 — 26 editions
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  • Cover of: Italian folk tales
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  • Cover of: t zero.
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  • Cover of: Der geteilte Visconte
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    Cover of edition ilviscontedimezz0000calv First published in 1952 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Under the jaguar sun
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  • Cover of: Il cavaliere inesistente
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    First published in 1959 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: La Route de San Giovanni
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  • Cover of: Difficult loves
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    Cover of edition difficultloves0000calv_p5f5 First published in 1983 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Ultimo viene il corvo
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    First published in 1969 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Whodunnit?: Utterly Baffling Detective Stories
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  • Cover of: Illinois: Prentice Hall Literature
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  • Cover of: The literature machine: essays
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    Cover of edition literaturemachin0000ital First published in 1987 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The nonexistent knight & The cloven viscount: two short novels.
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Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

Born 15 Oct 1923
Died 19 Sep 1985

Subjects

Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Italy, fiction, Literature, History and criticism, Fiction, short stories (single author), Translations into English, Social life and customs, Fiction, general, Italian Short stories, Italian fiction, American Authors, Antologie, Calvino, italo, 1923-1985, Favole italiane, Histoire et critique, Italian language, Littérature, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Philosophy, Readers, Readers (Secondary), Short stories, City and town life

Places

Italy, Boemia, Calcutta, Carthage, China, England, India, Italia, Italie, Liguria, Milan, Naples, Ombrosa, Surrey

People

Italo Calvino, Italo Calvino (1923-1985), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Iris, John H. Watson, Juno, Khan Kublai, Kublai Khan (1216-1294), Marco Polo, Marco Polo (1254-1323), Marco Polo (1254-1323?), Marco Polo (1254?-1323?), Miranda, Napoleone Bonaparte, Prospero, Sebastian, Sherlock Holmes

Time

20th century, 1750, 1767, 18e siècle, To 1800

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  • Calvino, Italo

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