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Italo Calvino

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Italo Calvino

Born October 15, 1923 · Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba

Died September 19, 1985 · aged 61

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, Calvino was the most translated contemporary Italia…

Known For

Boccaccio '70Boccaccio '70 · 1962
Boccaccio '70
★ 6.91962
MovieComedyRomance
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
A Monkey's TaleA Monkey's Tale · 1999
A Monkey's Tale
★ 6.41999
MovieAdventureAnimation
Kom is from a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy. He rejects elders' authority as well as the superstition that the lower world would be inhabited by demons. But he accidentally falls from the trees…
The Prince’s VoyageThe Prince’s Voyage · 2019
The Prince’s Voyage
★ 7.02019
MovieAnimationFantasy
The philosophical tale revolves around an elderly monkey prince who wakes up injured and disoriented in an environment he does not recognise. He navigates this new urban world with the support of a young monkey called Tom.
The North Wind's GiftThe North Wind's Gift · 2018
The North Wind's Gift
2018
Movie
A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.
Tiko and the SharkTiko and the Shark · 1962
Tiko and the Shark
★ 7.51962
MovieAdventureDrama
Filmed in French Polynesia with a Hawaiian cast, the story revolves around the adventures and romances of a young Polynesian boy as he grows up. As a child he raises and trains a baby shark as a pet, which he shares with his island playmate Diana. After a decade the three are reunited, but the world has changed: Tiko and Diana have become adults; the shark has become a dangerous man-eater; and civilization has encroached on the tropical island.
Sex Can Be DifficultSex Can Be Difficult · 1962
Sex Can Be Difficult
★ 6.31962
MovieComedy
A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.
The Man Who Came Out Only at NightThe Man Who Came Out Only at Night · 2013
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
MovieFantasy
In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding night.
AugèAugè · 2026
Augè
2026
MovieDocumentary
A reflection dances on the walls of a place suspended between magic and history. A short film about Grosio Castle, inspired by Calvino’s *Cosmicomics*.

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