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Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy, the Cosmicomics collection of short stories, and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler.
Lionised in Britain and America, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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The Argentine Ant
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Hermit in Paris
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Murcheye Argantini (The Argentine Ant)
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Shāh Gush Mikonad (The King Listens)
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Why Read the Classics?
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- Legal name: Italo Calvino
- Birthdate: October 15, 1923
- Birthplace: Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba
- Nationality: Italian
- Gender: Male
- Official Website: http://des.emory.edu/mfp/calvino/
- Genres: Magic realism, fiction, postmodern fiction
- Date of death: September 19, 1985 (aged 61)
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