Italo Calvino

Biography Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)
Italian journalist and writer
Was born on 15 oct 1923.
Died on 19 sep 1985, at 61 years old.
Origin country Italy
Quotes by Italo CalvinoWriter 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 Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most...
Quote by Italo Calvino about opinion, ideal

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
Quote by Italo Calvino about flattering, voice

Everything can change, but not the language that we carry...
Quote by Italo Calvino about opinion, language, mother, change, world

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.
Quote by Italo Calvino about melancholia, sadness