About Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.
Series
Our Ancestors
1. The Cloven Viscount (1951)
2. The Baron in the Trees (1957)
3. The Non-Existent Knight (1959)
Our Ancestors (omnibus) (1960)
The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount (omnibus) (1962)
1. The Cloven Viscount (1951)
2. The Baron in the Trees (1957)
3. The Non-Existent Knight (1959)
Our Ancestors (omnibus) (1960)
The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount (omnibus) (1962)
Novels
The Path to the Nest of Spiders (1947)
Marcovaldo (1973)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1981)
The Road to San Giovanni (1990)
Marcovaldo (1973)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1981)
The Road to San Giovanni (1990)
Collections
Adam, One Afternoon: And Other Stories (1949)
Italian Folktales (1956)
The Watcher: And Other Stories (1965)
Cosmicomics (1965)
T-Zero (1967)
aka Time and the Hunter
Invisible Cities (1972)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (1973)
Mr Palomar (1983)
Difficult Loves (1984)
Under the Jaguar Sun (1985)
Numbers in the Dark: And Other Stories (1995)
The Complete Cosmicomics (2009)
Italian Folktales (1956)
The Watcher: And Other Stories (1965)
Cosmicomics (1965)
T-Zero (1967)
aka Time and the Hunter
Invisible Cities (1972)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (1973)
Mr Palomar (1983)
Difficult Loves (1984)
Under the Jaguar Sun (1985)
Numbers in the Dark: And Other Stories (1995)
The Complete Cosmicomics (2009)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Why Read the Classics? (1978)
The Uses of Literature: Essays (1986)
Literature Machine (1987)
Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1988)
Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings (2003)
Selected Letters (2006)
The Uses of Literature: Essays (1986)
Literature Machine (1987)
Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1988)
Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings (2003)
Selected Letters (2006)
Anthologies containing stories by Italo Calvino
Out of This World 10 (1959)
Black Water (1983)
The Slaying of the Dragon: Modern Tales of the Playful Imagination (1984)
The Book of Dragons (1995)
Black Water (1983)
The Slaying of the Dragon: Modern Tales of the Playful Imagination (1984)
The Book of Dragons (1995)
Short stories
| Games Without End | |||
| Adam, One Afternoon [short story] (1949) | |||
| The Argentine Ant (1952) | |||
| The Dragon and the Enchanted Filly (1956) |
Awards
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Books about Italo Calvino
The Novel: Language And Narrative Form Cervantes to Calvino (1998) by André Brink
Italo Calvino (2002) by Dave Kress
Italo Calvino (2002) by Dave Kress
Italo Calvino recommends
 Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto.. (2011) Gianni Rodari "Gianni Rodari gave free reign to his imagination, with inspired panache and gleeful lightness." |
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