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Roberto Calasso | |
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_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg) Calasso in 1991 | |
| Born | 30 May 1941 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 28 July 2021 (aged 80) Milan, Italy |
| Resting place | San Michele Cemetery, Venice[1] |
| Children | 3 |
Roberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher.[2] Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit.[3] He has been called "a literary institution of one".[3] The fundamental thematic concept of his œuvre is the relationship between myth and the emergence of modern consciousness.[4]
- ^ Recinto 20°, Quadrato 30, No. 10
- ^ Roberto Calasso at PEN American Center retrieved 23 April 2010 Archived 11 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Lila Azam Zanganeh interviewing Robert Calasso, "The Art of Fiction No. 217", The Paris Review, Fall 2012.
- ^ Andrea Lee, "Roberto Calasso’s Encyclopedic Mind at Play", The New Yorker, 13 December 2012.
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