The author of “El barón rampante” was born in the Cuban city of Santiago de Las Vegas in 1923.
With Italian citizenship, he was educated in San Remo until the age of 20, later participating in the Garibaldi Brigade of the Communist Party during World War II.
The novelist presented his first book in 1947, The Path of a Spider’s Nest.
His autobiography is distinguished by writing works on themes such as frustration, isolation, and dehumanization in the twentieth century.
During the 1950s, Calvino changed his real-life career to enter the fantastic and allegorical world, with titles that gave him great fame.
In the 1960s, a new way of making literature was noted: the integrative narrative structure.
The mechanism specified that the writer could play a central role within the work itself.
“Palomar”, which ended in 1983, was his last material.
On September 6, 1985, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage, he was transferred to a hospital in Italy.
Despite the success of the operation, he died days after a stroke.
On September 19, 1985, the writer Italo Calvino died. The story is also news on Radio Perfil. Quoted by Beta Fortin and texts by Juan Medina.
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