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Dino Buzzati
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Dino Buzzati was an Italian writer who lived from 1906 to 1972 and became known for blending literary and visual storytelling across novels, short stories, and journalism. His work is significant in Italian literature for its imaginative exploration of everyday life and human anxieties, often told through a distinctive mix of realism and fantasy.
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Film & TV
San Pellegrino di Belluno
Known for
- Il postino di montagna — Narratore
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dino
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Belluno
- Place of death
- Milan
- Sibling
- Adriano Buzzati-Traverso
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Educated at
- University of Milan
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Napoli Prize
- Notable work
- Coco
- Official website
- dinobuzzati.it
- Image
- Dino Buzzati.jpg
- Work location
- Milan
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- date of birth
- 1906-10-16
- date of death
- 1972-01-28
- Commons category
- Dino Buzzati
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Dino Buzzati Traverso
- P8168
- Aicardi syndrome
- influenced by
- Oscar Wilde
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Encyclopedic overview
Dino Buzzati-Traverso ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːno butˈtsaːti]; 16 October 1906 – 28 January 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel The Tartar Steppe, although he is also known for his well-received collections of short stories.
Life
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