Calvino, Italo
Overview
| Works: | 2,010 works in 9,736 publications in 29 languages and 92,495 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Folk tales Biographical fiction Allegories Biography Literature Short stories Essays Science fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Librettist, Translator, Other, Compiler, Adapter, Bibliographic antecedent, Director, Scenarist, Interviewee, Dedicatee, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Contributor, Speaker, Honoree, Arranger, Creator, Commentator for written text, pre, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Conceptor, Narrator, Composer, Correspondent, Recipient, Collector |
| Classifications: | PQ4809.A45, 853.914 |
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Most widely held works about
Italo Calvino
- The hermit in Paris : autobiographical writings by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Under the jaguar sun by Italo Calvino( Book )
- The watcher & other stories by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Italo Calvino( Book )
- Calvino's fictions : cogito and cosmos by Kathryn Hume( Book )
- Italo Calvino : a journey toward postmodernism by Constance Markey( Book )
- Calvino and the age of Neorealism : fables of estrangement by Lucia Re( Book )
- Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon : Italo Calvino's storytelling by Angela M Jeannet( Book )
- Literary philosophers? : Borges, Calvino, Eco( Book )
- Postmodern Italian fiction : the crisis of reason in Calvino, Eco, Sciascia, Malerba by JoAnn Cannon( Book )
- Italo Calvino : letters, 1941-1985 by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Understanding Italo Calvino by Beno Weiss( Book )
- Collection of sand : essays by Italo Calvino( Book )
- With pleated eye and garnet wing : symmetries of Italo Calvino by I. T Olken( Book )
- Painting with words, writing with pictures : word and image in the work of Italo Calvino by Franco Ricci( Book )
- The road to San Giovanni by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Italo Calvino and the compass of literature by Eugenio Bolongaro( Book )
- Difficult games : a reading of I racconti by Italo Calvino by Franco Ricci( Book )
- Italo Calvino's architecture of lightness : the utopian imagination in an age of urban crisis by Letizia Modena( Book )
- The mind of Italo Calvino : a critical exploration of his thought and writings by Dani Cavallaro( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Italo Calvino
If on a winter's night a traveler by
Italo Calvino(
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271 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 3,929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author
271 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 3,929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author
Invisible cities by
Italo Calvino(
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324 editions published between 1972 and 2017 in 14 languages and held by 3,522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future
324 editions published between 1972 and 2017 in 14 languages and held by 3,522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future
Italian folktales by
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250 editions published between 1956 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 3,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists
250 editions published between 1956 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 3,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists
The baron in the trees by
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496 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 2,968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cosimo, a eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels against his family by climbing into the trees and staying there for the rest of his life
496 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 2,968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cosimo, a eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels against his family by climbing into the trees and staying there for the rest of his life
Cosmicomics by
Italo Calvino(
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206 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 2,900 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description
206 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 2,900 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description
Mr. Palomar by
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165 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 19 languages and held by 2,363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino's last fictional work is a witty, elegant, fantastic rendering of the ultimate observer, whose name, Mr. Palomar, deliberately evokes the famous telescope. "Beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Calvino is the acclaimed author of Difficult Loves and Invisible Cities
165 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 19 languages and held by 2,363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino's last fictional work is a witty, elegant, fantastic rendering of the ultimate observer, whose name, Mr. Palomar, deliberately evokes the famous telescope. "Beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Calvino is the acclaimed author of Difficult Loves and Invisible Cities
The castle of crossed destinies by
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149 editions published between 1973 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 1,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Distraught and speechless from their journey through the forest to the castle, strangers communicate their experiences by playing a game of tarot
149 editions published between 1973 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 1,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Distraught and speechless from their journey through the forest to the castle, strangers communicate their experiences by playing a game of tarot
Why read the classics? by
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98 editions published between 1991 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. This is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of "literary greatness" have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Calvino gives us an inspiring corrective.--From publisher description
98 editions published between 1991 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. This is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of "literary greatness" have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Calvino gives us an inspiring corrective.--From publisher description
The path to the nest of spiders by
Italo Calvino(
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266 editions published between 1947 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 1,638 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman
266 editions published between 1947 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 1,638 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman
Six memos for the next millennium by
Italo Calvino(
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41 editions published between 1988 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collects five of six lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at the time of his death in 1985
41 editions published between 1988 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collects five of six lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at the time of his death in 1985
Numbers in the dark : and other stories by
Italo Calvino(
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63 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Several dozen stories by the late Italian writer. In Nothing and Not Much, a creature which witnessed the birth of the world describes the event, Henry Ford is an analysis of a captain of capitalism, and in Beheading the Heads, politicians are regularly executed to keep them on their toes
63 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Several dozen stories by the late Italian writer. In Nothing and Not Much, a creature which witnessed the birth of the world describes the event, Henry Ford is an analysis of a captain of capitalism, and in Beheading the Heads, politicians are regularly executed to keep them on their toes
Difficult loves by
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64 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 1,288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a collection of stories written during the 1940s and 1950s, the author captures moments of revelation in the lives of ordinary people, instants blending recognition and alarm as deceptions and illusions are laid bare
64 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 1,288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a collection of stories written during the 1940s and 1950s, the author captures moments of revelation in the lives of ordinary people, instants blending recognition and alarm as deceptions and illusions are laid bare
Il visconte dimezzato by
Italo Calvino(
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323 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nadat tijdens een oorlog een burggraaf door een kogel in tweeën is gesplitst, gaan diens helften naar elkaar op zoek
323 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nadat tijdens een oorlog een burggraaf door een kogel in tweeën is gesplitst, gaan diens helften naar elkaar op zoek
Marcovaldo, or, The seasons in the city by
Italo Calvino(
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96 editions published between 1963 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 1,140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of stories about an Italian peasant's struggle to reconcile country habits with urban life. Oblivious to the garish attractions of the town, Marcovaldo is the attentive recorder of natural phenomena but, at every turn, the city is there to thwart his inclinations
96 editions published between 1963 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 1,140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of stories about an Italian peasant's struggle to reconcile country habits with urban life. Oblivious to the garish attractions of the town, Marcovaldo is the attentive recorder of natural phenomena but, at every turn, the city is there to thwart his inclinations
The nonexistent knight & the cloven viscount by
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121 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,012 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the chivalrous exploits of an empty suit of armor and the separate halves of a nobleman who has been bisected by a cannon ball
121 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,012 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the chivalrous exploits of an empty suit of armor and the separate halves of a nobleman who has been bisected by a cannon ball
Marcovaldo, ovvero, Le stagioni in città by
Italo Calvino(
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237 editions published between 1963 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 958 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Il protagonista delle venti novelle è il manovale Marcovaldo che si ostina a cercare la Natura in una grande città industriale. Un'accorata denuncia dei mali che affliggono la civiltà moderna. Un libro ironicamente profetico del grande narratore ligure (1923-85)."--Catalog of the publisher
237 editions published between 1963 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 958 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Il protagonista delle venti novelle è il manovale Marcovaldo che si ostina a cercare la Natura in una grande città industriale. Un'accorata denuncia dei mali che affliggono la civiltà moderna. Un libro ironicamente profetico del grande narratore ligure (1923-85)."--Catalog of the publisher
The uses of literature : essays by
Italo Calvino(
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13 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in English and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh
13 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in English and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh
Adam, one afternoon and other stories by
Italo Calvino(
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133 editions published between 1949 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nueva edición revisada. Estas breves historias, algunas violentas, otras amargas, otras misteriosas y muchas grotescas, evocan, directa o indirectamente, la experiencia bélica aún cercana para Italo Calvino; pero la ternura que imprime a sus personajes más crueles, risibles o patéticos, la magia que se cuela siempre por las narraciones más impregnadas de un realismo casi costumbrista y la transparencia de la escritura nos revelan a un autor ;ya en sus comienzos; de una deslumbrante y sorprendente madurez literaria
133 editions published between 1949 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nueva edición revisada. Estas breves historias, algunas violentas, otras amargas, otras misteriosas y muchas grotescas, evocan, directa o indirectamente, la experiencia bélica aún cercana para Italo Calvino; pero la ternura que imprime a sus personajes más crueles, risibles o patéticos, la magia que se cuela siempre por las narraciones más impregnadas de un realismo casi costumbrista y la transparencia de la escritura nos revelan a un autor ;ya en sus comienzos; de una deslumbrante y sorprendente madurez literaria
Il cavaliere inesistente by
Italo Calvino(
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195 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino's story is illustrated with the armour from the collection of Ferdinand of Hapsburg at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Beaufort-Spontin's essays on the collection and on medieval tournaments are included, translated into Italian from the original German
195 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino's story is illustrated with the armour from the collection of Ferdinand of Hapsburg at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Beaufort-Spontin's essays on the collection and on medieval tournaments are included, translated into Italian from the original German
The road to San Giovanni by
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50 editions published between 1990 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 864 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Assembled and published posthumously, The Road to San Giovanni offers Calvino's reflections on his own life and work. These five elegant "memory exercises" provide a varied and revealing portrait of a writer who was deeply wary of autobiography: from the title essay's moving evocation of the author's relationship with his father ' couched in a lyrical sketch of Calvino's childhood home ' to a charming account of teenage years spent in the glow of the cinema screen, to Calvino's declaration of purpose as a writer in the final essay's visionary fragments. Heartfelt, affecting, and wise, The Road to San Giovanni will appeal to Calvino's existing fans and win new ones
50 editions published between 1990 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 864 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Assembled and published posthumously, The Road to San Giovanni offers Calvino's reflections on his own life and work. These five elegant "memory exercises" provide a varied and revealing portrait of a writer who was deeply wary of autobiography: from the title essay's moving evocation of the author's relationship with his father ' couched in a lyrical sketch of Calvino's childhood home ' to a charming account of teenage years spent in the glow of the cinema screen, to Calvino's declaration of purpose as a writer in the final essay's visionary fragments. Heartfelt, affecting, and wise, The Road to San Giovanni will appeal to Calvino's existing fans and win new ones
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Related Identities
- Weaver, William 1923-2013 Bibliographic antecedent Translator Editor
- McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.) Other Translator Editor Author
- Polo, Marco 1254-1323
- Kublai Khan 1216-1294
- Ricci, Franco 1953- Author Editor
- Martin, George Translator
- Markey, Constance Author
- Weiss, Beno 1933- Author
- Jeannet, Angela M. Author
- Bolongaro, Eugenio 1959- Author
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Allegories Anecdotes Authors, American Authors, Italian Best books Books and reading Borges, Jorge Luis, Calvino, Italo Canon (Literature) City and town life Eco, Umberto Existentialism in literature Experimental fiction Fairy tales France--Paris Historical fiction Homes Intellectual life Interpersonal relations Italian fiction Italian language Italian literature Italy Italy--Venice Kublai Khan, Literature Literature--Philosophy Malerba, Luigi Manners and customs Man-woman relationships New York (State)--Larchmont New York (State)--Westchester County Novelists, Italian Peasants Philosophy in literature Polo, Marco, Postmodernism (Literature) Racconti (Calvino, Italo) Realism in literature Sciascia, Leonardo Science fiction, Italian Sentiero dei nidi di ragno (Calvino, Italo) Short stories Short stories, Italian Style, Literary Tales Tarot Technique War and literature World War (1939-1945)
Alternative Names
Calvino, .. 1923-1985
Calvino, I.
Calvino Italo
Calvino, Italo 1923-1985
Calvino Mameli, Italo Giovanni 1923-1985
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino écrivain italien
Italo Calvino en italiensk författare
Italo Calvino escriptor italià
Italo Calvino Escritor y periodista italiano
Italo Calvino Italiaans schrijver
Italo Calvino italialainen kirjailija ja toimittaja
Italo Calvino italialainen poliitikko
Italo Calvino Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Italo Calvino italienischer Schriftsteller
Italo Calvino Italya mama llaqta qillqaq
Italo Calvino pisarz włoski
İtalo Kalvino
Italu Calvinu
Italus Calvino
Kālfīnū, Ītālū 1923-1985
Kalʹvino, Italo
Kalʹvino, Italo 1923-1985
Karuvīno, Itaro 1923-1985
Ίταλο Καλβίνο
Итало Калвино
Итало Кальвино
Кальвино, Итало 1923-1985
Італа Кальвіна
Італё Кальвіна
Італо Кальвіно
Իտալո Կալվինո
איטלו קאלווינו
איטלו קאלווינו סופר איטלקי
קאלווינו, איטאלו
קלוינו, איטלו 1923-1985
إيتالو كالفينو
إيتالو كالفينو، 1923-1985
ایتالو کالوینو نویسنده، خبرنگار، منتقد و نظریه پرداز ایتالیایی
كالفينو، إيتالو، 1923-1985
كالفينو، إيطالو، 1923-1985
ਇਤਾਲੋ ਕਲਵੀਨੋ
இதாலா கால்வினோ
ఇటాలో కాల్వినో
ഇറ്റാലൊ കൽവീനൊ
იტალო კალვინო იტალიელი ჟურნალისტი და მწერალი
이탈로 칼비노
칼비노, 이탈로 1923-1985
イタロ・カルヴィーノ
カルヴィーノ, I.
カルヴィーノ, イタロ
伊塔罗·卡尔维诺
卡尓维诺
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