time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible. - Italo Calvino

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time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.

Italo Calvino

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Italo Calvino (October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. Lionized in Britain and America, he was, at the time of his death, the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

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Alternative Names: Italo Giovanni Calvino • Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli

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