Italo Calvino



Italo Calvino
  • Date of Birth: 15 October, 1923
  • Place of Birth: Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba
  • Biography: Italo Calvino (15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) (Italian pronunciation: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]) 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... Read more

News

See more
Italo Calvino News
The Complete Cosmicomics is a space-age delight
metro.co.uk – 2009-06-03
The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino (Penguin Classics, ?20) By ALAN CHADWICK - Wednesday, June 3, 2009 The Complete Cosmicomics Their genesis can be traced back to his Cosmicomics short stories, collected together here for the first time in English. ... Full Article

Post a Comment
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman: review
telegraph.co.uk – 2009-05-27
There is a school of thought that says all art is about death one way or another, but not many books are as up front about it as this one. ... Full Article

Post a Comment
Seek depth in the familiar
deccanherald.com – 2009-05-23
Log on to rediff, check out the headlines, and then move on to indiauncut.com. Which is exactly what I have been doing from a long time. ... Full Article

Post a Comment
Writer offers road map to artistic endeavor
jsonline.com – 2009-03-28
Posted: Mar. 28, 2009 Artistic creation is a voyage into the unknown, says creative writing teacher and fiction writer Peter Turchi. In a sense, writers and other artists are explorers - mapmakers who try to show you where you are,... ... Full Article

Post a Comment
Traveler Series Stands Out in Group Show
citypaper.com – 2009-01-21
The smallest works--a few dozen miniatures by Towson professor and figurative painter Nora Sturges--are the most eye-catching in Framed Reality at Maryland Art Place. Perhaps this fact is a function of the way the show is set up, featuring work... ... Full Article

Post a Comment
Braid
avclub.com – 2008-08-12
Jonathan Blow's Braid starts with a simple premise: What if you could take back your biggest mistakes and try again? As a platformer, it's an obvious homage to Super Mario Bros. , right down to the princess-the girl you lost... ... Full Article

Post a Comment

Post Comment

Name (appears on your post)
Your Comment
1000 characters left. No HTML please.
 
Type the characters in the image above