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Edition 28 (1957) Winner
Italo Calvino
イタロ・カルヴィーノ
Itaro Karuvīno
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-10-15 （Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba）
- Died
- 1985-09-19 （Siena, Italy） age 61
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Religion
- Atheist
- Residence History
- Sanremo, Italy → Turin, Italy → Paris, France → Rome, Italy
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Editor, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1945-1985
- Affiliations
- Einaudi Publishing, Oulipo
- Memberships
- Italian Communist Party (former), Oulipo
- Influenced By
- Cesare Pavese, Elio Vittorini, Raymond Queneau
- Influenced
- Giorgio Bassani, Leonardo Sciascia
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Turin | Faculty of Letters | Literature | 修士 | 1941-1947 | Italy |
University of Turin
Faculty of Letters
/ Literature
Degree:
修士
Period:
1941-1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
Italy
Graduated with thesis on Joseph Conrad
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Viareggio Prize | The Baron in the Trees | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Feltrinelli Prize | Invisible Cities | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Austrian State Prize for European Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Viareggio Prize
1957
Work:
The Baron in the Trees
Result:
受賞
Feltrinelli Prize
1972
Work:
Invisible Cities
Result:
受賞
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1976
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Bagutta Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1959) Winner
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1976) Winner
Works
Major Works
Invisible Cities
1972 Fantasy novel 165 pagesA series of imaginary cities described by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan
CitiesImaginationNarrative
If on a winter's night a traveler
1979 Experimental novel 260 pagesA metafictional novel about a reader searching for a book
ReadingMetafictionStories
Cosmicomics
1965 Short story collection 220 pagesShort stories fabulistically depicting the origin of the universe
CosmosScienceMyth
Adaptations
- [Short film] La Luna / Enrico Casarosa (2011)
Translations by Author
- Les fleurs bleues (Raymond Queneau)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- FabulistExperimentalPostmodern
- Recurring Motifs
- CitiesTreesNarrative structure
Health
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Cerebral hemorrhage1985Cause of death
Legacy
Regarded as a major figure in contemporary Italian literature, highly translated and influential
In Popular Culture
- A crater on Mercury named after him
Quotes
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The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born
Source: Invisible Cities (1972)
Trivia
- Born in Cuba to Italian parents
- Left the Communist Party after the Hungarian invasion
- Member of Oulipo