Calvino, Italo, 1923-1985

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Italo Calvino (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 Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death. Italo Calvino is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia, in Tuscany.
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referencedIn Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1947-1983 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Covell, Grant. Cities of earth : two songs for voice and violin / Grant Covell. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Julio Cortázar papers, 1966-1980. Houghton Library
referencedIn Dolci, Danilo. Danilo Dolci collection, 1958-1982 bulk 1958-1972. Boston University. School of Medicine
creatorOf Mazella, David. Interview with Italo Calvino for The Paris Review : audio recording and typescript transcriptions with revisions by Calvino, [1982]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Calvino, Italo. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1980. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Paris Review. The Paris Review archives, 1953-1997. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Barolini, Helen, 1925-. Papers, 1947-1983 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973,. Creative writing questionnaires for writing class at University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1972. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Calvino, Italo. Calvino, Italo : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Dore Ashton and Matti Megged collection Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Records of the New York Institute for the Humanities 1971-1995, (bulk 1980-1984). New York University. Archives
referencedIn Records of the New York Institute for the Humanities, Bulk, 1980-1984, 1971-2004 New York University. Archives
creatorOf Young, David. Thousands of bundled straw III : quartet [music] / David L. Young. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Golijov, Osvaldo. La distanza della luna :musical play based on a story by Italo Calvino / words Elisabetta Pellegrini ; music Osvaldo Golijov. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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Death 1985-09-19

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