- Born
- October 15, 1923
- Died
- September 19, 1985 (aged 61)
- Known as
- writer, journalist, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, literary editor
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. 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).
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