Claudio Magris

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Philosophers to Know, Part I

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

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6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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Born	April 10, 1939 (age 85) • Trieste • Italy
Notable Works	“Microcosms”

Umberto Eco

Italian author and literary critic

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Massimo Bontempelli

Italian poet

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Italo Svevo

Italian author

Italo Calvino

Italian author

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Riccardo Bacchelli

Italian author

Elio Vittorini

Italian author

Alberto Moravia

Italian writer

Natalia Ginzburg

Italian author

Mario Luzi

Italian poet and literary critic

Corrado Alvaro

Italian author

Luigi Capuana

Italian writer

Giovanni Papini

Italian author

Giorgio Manganelli

Italian author

Melchiorre Cesarotti

Italian author

Gasparo, Count Gozzi

Italian author

Vincenzo Cardarelli

Italian author

Elsa Morante

Italian author

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