Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (, also US: ; Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian novelist and short story writer. 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).

Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, Calvino was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death.

Notable works: The Baron in the Trees, Invisible Cities, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, The Nonexistent Knight, The Cloven Viscount, The Path to the Nest of Spiders, Marcovaldo Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Viareggio Prize, Feltrinelli Prize, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Ditmar Award Education: University of Turin, University of Florence

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