Antonio Tabucchi
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Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian novelist and literary scholar who wrote works of fiction that explored themes of identity, loss, and memory during the late 20th century. He matters because his imaginative novels and scholarly contributions made him one of the significant Italian literary voices of his era.
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- 1943
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Antonio Tabucchi (24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works…
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- Alexandre O’Neill - Tomai lá do O’Neill — Self2004
- José Cardoso Pires - Diário de Bordo — Self1998
- Runaways — Self1995
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Antonio Tabucchi ( Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo taˈbukki]; 24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
His books and essays have been translated in 18 countries. Together with his wife, Maria José de Lancastre, he translated many works by Pessoa into Italian and has written a book of essays and a comedy about the writer. Tabucchi was awarded the French prize "Médicis étranger" for Indian Nocturne (Notturno indiano) and the premio Campiello, and the Aristeion Prize for Sostiene Pereira. In later life, he was mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a feat he never achieved.
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1943 births2012 deaths20th-century Italian translatorsAcademic staff of the University of SienaItalian male journalistsItalian male writersPeople from PisaPortuguese people of Italian descentPremio Campiello winnersPrix Médicis étranger winnersTranslators from PortugueseTranslators of Fernando Pessoa