Italo Calvino Quotes


Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst.


Citations

Calvino, Italo. Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings. Translated by Martin McLaughlin, Pantheon Books, 2003.

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Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino
  • Born: October 15, 1923
  • Died: September 19, 1985
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Journalist, Short Story Writer, Novelist, Essayist

Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. 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).