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Italo Calvino (/ k æ l ˈ v iː n oʊ /, [1] [2] also US: / k ɑː l ˈ-/; [3] Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; [4] 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible ...
In a 1985 interview with Gregory Lucente, Calvino stated If on a winter's night a traveler was "clearly" influenced by the writings of Vladimir Nabokov. [4] The book was also influenced by the author's membership in the literary group Oulipo. [5] The structure of the text is said to be an adaptation of the structural semiology of A. J. Greimas. [5]
This is a list of notable Italian writers, including novelists, essayists, ... Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019) Dino Campana (1885–1932)
Cosmicomics (Italian: Le cosmicomiche) is a collection of twelve short stories by Italo Calvino first published in Italian in 1965 and in English in 1968. The stories were originally published between 1964 and 1965 in the Italian periodicals Il Caffè and Il Giorno.
Invisible Cities is an example of Calvino's use of combinatory literature, and shows influences of semiotics and structuralism. In the novel, the reader finds themselves playing a game with the author, wherein they must find the patterns hidden in the book.
Cover of the first edition, published by Einaudi, Turin.. Mr. Palomar is a 1983 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino.Its original Italian title is Palomar.In an interview with Gregory Lucente, Calvino stated that he began writing Mr. Palomar in 1975, making it a predecessor to earlier published works such as If on a winter's night a traveler. [1]
Qfwfq is as old as the universe and has taken various forms, of which Qfwfq retains his memory. For example, in the short story "Blood, Sea" (found in the collection t zero) this character is a man riding in a car with three other people, but this man also remembers when he lived in the form of an amoeba of sorts inhabiting a primeval ocean. [1]
The Cloven Viscount (Italian: Il visconte dimezzato) is a fantasy novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino. It was first published by Einaudi (Turin) in 1952 and in English in 1962 by William Collins , with a translation by Archibald Colquhoun.