History Creator / ItaloCalvino

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) is one of the most important authors of Italian literature. His works are famous for being GenreBusting, mixing low-and-high culture, real science with fantasy, history and contemporary life. They are exemplars of {{Postmodernism}}.

* {{Postmodernism}}: His books were very metaM they were derived from Italy's folk tradition, modern science, classic English literature and experimental French fiction.

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* {{Postmodernism}}: His books were very meta, they were derived from Italy's folk tradition, modern science, classic English literature and experimental French fiction.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Calvino had a strong scientific background, and he admitted a fondness for [[UsefulNotes/TheEnlightenment the 18th Century]], so he's very much on the Enlightened spectrum, on the other hand his books celebrate the natural world and folklore, which is very much a Romantic fixation.

-> "Our civilization has plenty of records of everyday life; the movies, the television, the papers...I think literature should give something more -- a fantastic interpretation of reality."

'''Italo Calvino''' (1923-1985) is one of the most important authors of Italian literature. His works are famous for being GenreBusting, mixing low-and-high culture, real science with fantasy, history and contemporary life. They are exemplars of {{Postmodernism}}.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Calvino had a strong scientific background, and he admitted a fondness for [[UsefulNotes/TheEnlightenment the 18th Century]], so he's very much on the Enlightened spectrum, on the other hand his books celebrate the natural world and folklore, which is very much a Romantic fixation.

His early works were in the highly realist style that was popular in post-war Italy but by the end of the 50s, he discovered his voice when he published a collection called ''Italian Folktales'' that became a best-seller. Alongside that he wrote ''The Cloven Viscount'' which along with ''The Baron in the Trees'' and ''The Non-Existent Knight'' made Calvino a representative of {{Postmodernism}} and meta-fiction. What made Calvino different was his fondness for shifting styles and never repeating himself. He became an influential figure in literature and his death was mourned publicly in Italy.

Creator/GoreVidal, famous CausticCritic made an exception for Calvino and called him "the only great writer of my time" and his works have influenced several writers and artists, including Creator/UmbertoEco, Creator/NeilGaiman to Creator/SalmanRushdie as well as Creator/JonathanBlow who cited ''Invisible Cities'' as an influence for ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Calvino had a strong scientific background and so he's very much on the Enlightened spectrum, on the other hand his books celebrate the natural world, by gone world of chivalry and folklore, which is very much a Romantic fixation.

His early works were in the highly realist style that was popular in post-war Italy but by the end of the 50s, he discovered his voice when he published a collection called ''Italian Folktales'' that became a best-seller. Alongside that he wrote ''The Cloven Viscount'' which along with ''The Baron in the Trees'' and ''The Non-Existent Knight'' made Calvino a representative of {{Postmodernism}} and meta-fiction. What made Calvino different was his fondness for shifting styles and never repeating himself. He became an influential figure in literature and his death was mourned publicly in Italy. Creator/GoreVidal, famous CausticCritic made an exception for Calvino and called him "the only great writer of my time" and his works have influenced several writers and artists, from Creator/NeilGaiman to Creator/SalmanRushdie as well as Creator/JonathanBlow who cited ''Invisible Cities'' as an influence for ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''.

His early works were in the highly realist style that was popular in post-war Italy but by the end of the 50s, he discovered his voice when he published a collection called ''Italian Folktales'' that became a best-seller. Alongside that he wrote ''The Cloven Viscount'' which along with ''The Baron in the Trees'' and ''The Non-Existent Knight'' made Calvino a representative of {{Postmodernism}} and meta-fiction. What made Calvino different was his fondness for shifting styles and never repeating himself. He became an influential figure in literature and his death was mourned publicly in Italy. Creator/GoreVidal, famous CausticCritic made an exception for Calvino and called him "the only great writer of my time".

-> "Our civilization has plenty of records of everyday life -- the movies, the television, the papers. I think literature should give something more -- a fantastic interpretation of reality."

* {{Postmodernism}}: His books were very meta, they were derived from Italy's folk tradition, modern scientific breakthroughs, classic English literature and experimental French fiction.

* ''Literature/InvisibleCities''

* ''Literature/{{Cosmicomics}}