Italo Calvino

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Aliases:
Itaro Karuvīno, Ka er wei nuo, إيتالو كالفينو،, and 37 others Italo Kal'vino, イタロ・カルヴィーノ, Итало Калвино, Ίταλο Καλβίνο, Italu Calvinu, Իտալո Կալվինո, ఇటాలో కాల్వినో, إيتالو كالفينو, Calvino, İtalo Kalvino, Itālo Kalvīno, 卡尔维诺, Ītālū Kālfīnū, Італё Кальвіна, Italo Kalʹvino, איטלו קלוינו, איטאלו קאלווינו, I カルヴィーノ, كالفينو، إيتالو،, Itālū Kālfīnū, ഇറ്റാലൊ കൽവീനൊ, ایتالو کالوینو, Italo Kalvino, Итало Кальвино, ਇਤਾਲੋ ਕਲਵੀਨੋ, இதாலா கால்வினோ, 이탈로 칼비노, Італа Кальвіна, Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli, 伊塔罗·卡尔维诺, Italus Calvino, Італо Кальвіно, イタロ カルヴィーノ, .. Calvino, I. Calvino, Italo Calvino, איטלו קאלווינו
Born:
Oct. 14, 1923
Died:
Sept. 18, 1985

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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.

Books by Italo Calvino