Italo Calvino

Career overview

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Name: Italo Calvino.
Dates: 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985.
Nationality/Profession: Italian writer, journalist, novelist, and short story writer.
Birthplace: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.
Father: Mario Calvino, an agronomist (also tropical agronomist and botanist who taught agriculture and floriculture).
Works:
Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959).
Cosmicomics (collection of short stories, 1965).
Invisible Cities (novel, 1972).
If on a winter's night a traveler (novel, 1979).
Reputation: Admired in Britain, Australia, and the United States; most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death.
Death details: Buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany.
TMDB info: Known for writing; 18 known credits.
Paragraph 1: Identity and Background.
Italo Calvino was an Italian writer, journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Born on October 15, 1923, in Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, he was the son of Mario Calvino, an agronomist, botanist, and teacher of agriculture and floriculture. Calvino's literary career included a variety of notable works. He is recognized for the Our Ancestors trilogy, published between 1952 and 1959, as well as the 1965 collection of short stories titled Cosmicomics.
Paragraph 2: Major Works and Legacy.
His later literary contributions include the novels Invisible Cities, published in 1972, and If on a winter's night a traveler, published in 1979. Calvino earned admiration in Britain, Australia, and the United States. At the time of his death on September 19, 1985, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer. He is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany.
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"Italo Calvino was an Italian writer, journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Born on October 15, 1923, in Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, he was the son of Mario Calvino, an agronomist, botanist, and teacher of agriculture and floriculture. Calvino's literary career included a variety of notable works. He is recognized for the Our Ancestors trilogy, published between 1952 and 1959, as well as the 1965 collection of short stories titled Cosmicomics.

His later literary contributions include the novels Invisible Cities, published in 1972, and If on a winter's night a traveler, published in 1979. Calvino earned admiration in Britain, Australia, and the United States. At the time of his death on September 19, 1985, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer. He is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany."

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