Italo Calvino (Oct 1923 – 19 Sep 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include : Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959) the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death. Italo Calvino is buried in the garden cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia, in Tuscany. Less