Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) was an Italian writer, journalist and essayist.
Also recorded as Italo Giovanni Calvino.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli.
Born at Santiago de las Vegas in 1923, died at Siena in 1985.
In detail
Italo Calvino studied at University of Turin and University of Florence. the recorded working language is Italian and French.
The field of work recorded is Italian literature. Robert Louis Stevenson, Vladimir Nabokov and Ludovico Ariosto are recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Sanremo, Rome and Turin. Residence is recorded at Santiago de las Vegas and Sanremo. Membership is recorded of Oulipo.
Works named in the authority record are The Baron in the Trees, Invisible Cities, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount.
Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Viareggio Prize, Feltrinelli Prize and Austrian State Prize for European Literature.
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