| Italo Calvino |
Oct 15, 2013. 8:30 AM.
Born in Cuba on October 15, 1923, Italo Calvino became one of Italy’s most famous writers. He was one of a family of scientists; his parents, Mario and Eva, were botanists and his brother, Floriano, became a geologist. When Calvino returned to Italy as a young boy, he faced considerable familial pressure to pursue a life of science. Suppressing his interest in literature, Calvino studied agriculture at the University of Turin and the University of Florence between 1941 and 1943.