Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers,
has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively
simple, fable-like stories. The son of traveling botanists,
Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo,
Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45.
After taking a degree in literature from the University of
Turin in 1947, Calvino supported himself by contributing to
a number of Communist papers and by working on the editorial
staff of the publishing house Einaudi, which he remained
associated with for 35 years. He first became well known in
Italy for editing Einaudi's monumental collection of Italian
folk tales. In 1957, deeply disappointed by events in
Eastern Europe, Calvino left the Communist party; in the
years that followed, his writing gradually diverged from the
dominant neorealist style and assumed its own peculiar and
distinctive voice. His major works include
Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972),
and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). During
his later years, Calvino became an avid film enthusiast and
renowned lecturer, traveling widely to satisfy both
pursuits. He died in Siena on Sept. 19, 1985, of a brain
hemorrhage.
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Series
Books:The Baron in the Trees, April 1980
Trade Size (reprint)
Cosmicomics, October 1976
Paperback
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