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Dino Buzzati-Traverso 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.
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Born 16 October 1906 · Died 28 January 1972 · Q242095
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Corriere: Dino Buzzati, le visioni del giornalista e scrittore tra via Saterna e l'Aldilà alla Fondazione Mondadori
Dilei: Dino Buzzati, scrittore: biografia e curiosità
Il Gazzettino: Dino Buzzati rifiutò 39 milioni dalla Disney per paura che la storia venisse stravolta
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Corriere della Sera: Dino Buzzati, il ritorno della favola: ecco la magia degli orsi in Sicilia
The Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Last Dinosaurs Lachlan Caskey, known as Notes From Under Ground, referenced Buzzati on his solo album Partner by making his name one of the song titles
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Corriere della Sera: Dino Buzzati e l’invasione degli orsi in Italia
Il Gazzettino: Dino Buzzati, l'intellettuale timido che sublimò l’attesa
Died 1972-01-28.
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Several anthologies of his articles were published, establishing his reputation not only as a novelist but as a major 20th-century Italian reporter
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Buzzati died of cancer after a protracted illness
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Buzzati published his only collections of poetry: Il capitano Pic e altre poesie, Scusi, da che parte per Piazza del Duomo
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Buzzati returned to the novel format with Larger than Life, a work that addressed the theme of femininity – a departure from the author's previous output
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Awarded Strega Prize (1958).
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Features elements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror
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Awarded Napoli Prize (1954).
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With Un caso clinico, a comedy based on his 1937 short story Sette piani, which was adapted for the Parisian stage a few years later by Albert Camus
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The novel was published in France and met with great success
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Buzzati published The Seven Messengers, a collection of the finest short stories published in various magazines and newspapers throughout his career
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Buzzati was sent as a war correspondent to Addis Ababa
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Followed two years later by Il segreto del Bosco Vecchio
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Enrolled in the law faculty of the University of Milan, where he graduated on 10 October 1928
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Born 1906-10-16.
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