Fascinated by American movies and cartoons, he was equally attracted to drawing, poetry, and theatre. Returning to Cuba in 1962 Calvino met Argentinian translator Esther Judith Singer (вЂњChichitaвЂќ) and married her in 1964 in Havana, during a trip in which he visited his birthplace and other places in the island.ДЄ fan of Rudyard KiplingвЂ™s The Jungle Book as a child, Calvino felt that his early interest in stories made him the вЂњblack sheepвЂќ of a family that held literature in less esteem than the sciences. In 1917, Mario left for Cuba to conduct scientific experiments, after living through the Mexican Revolution. In an autobiographical essay, Italo Calvino explained that his father вЂњhad been in his youth an anarchist, a follower of Kropotkin and then a Socialist ReformistвЂќ. Born 47 years earlier in San Remo, Italy, Mario Calvino had emigrated to Mexico in 1909 where he took up an important position with the Ministry of Agriculture. His father, Mario, was a tropical agronomist and botanist who also taught agriculture and floriculture.

Italo Calvino was born in Santiago de Las Vegas, a suburb of Havana, Cuba in 1923.

Lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952вЂ“1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winterвЂ™s night a traveler (1979). I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language.Italo Calvino (English: /Л€iЛђtЙ‘ЛђlЙ” kГ¦lЛ€viЛђnoКЉ/ Italian: 15 October 1923 вЂ“ 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. He wrote: ' My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. Some of his writing has been called postmodern, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply 'modern'. His style is not easy to classify much of his writing has an air reminiscent to that of fantastical fairy tales ( Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics), although sometimes his writing is more 'realistic' and in the scenic mode of observation ( Difficult Loves, for example). 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). He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His style is not easy to classify much of his writing has an air reminiscent to th Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. Um mundo maravilhoso, fantГЎstico e fascinante, tГЈo verdadeiro como os contos de fadas, que como Calvino dizia, 'sГЈo (mesmo) verdadeiros'.more Em Portugal sГЈo editados em trГЄs volumes, sendo este o terceiro. Estes contos e fГЎbulas, 'contados por Calvino' com uma linguagem prГіxima do tom imediato e popular dos dialectos originais tornaram-se assim uma referГЄncia como obra de recriaГ§ГЈo.

Em 1956 saГa nas ediГ§Гµes Einaudi, em ItГЎlia, as 'Fiabe Italiane', uma obra de cerca de mil pГЎginas, que tinha como objectivo reunir os contos e fГЎbulas das vГЎrias regiГµes italianas, que o escritor Italo Calvino havia compilado, durante dois anos, comparando-os e reescrevendo-os, Г semelhanГ§a dos irmГЈos Grimm que, como diz Calvino, nГЈo sГЈo sГіzinhos os 'autores' dos seus con Em 1956 saГa nas ediГ§Гµes Einaudi, em ItГЎlia, as 'Fiabe Italiane', uma obra de cerca de mil pГЎginas, que tinha como objectivo reunir os contos e fГЎbulas das vГЎrias regiГµes italianas, que o escritor Italo Calvino havia compilado, durante dois anos, comparando-os e reescrevendo-os, Г semelhanГ§a dos irmГЈos Grimm que, como diz Calvino, nГЈo sГЈo sГіzinhos os 'autores' dos seus contos, jГЎ que o 'sГЈo tambГ©m as narradoras e os narradores de cuja boca os Grimm os ouviram, e assim por diante todos os homens e mulheres que transmitiram esses contos de boca em boca sabe-se lГЎ atravГ©s de quantos sГ©culos'.

Escritor italo calvino