Dino Buzzati

1906 - 1972

Country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

Occupation: writer, journalist, novelist, painter, librettist, screenwriter, playwright, poet, science fiction writer, children's writer, comics artist, opinion journalist

Award received: Strega Prize, Napoli Prize

Influenced by: Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham, Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde

Official website: dinobuzzati.it

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Dino Buzzati-Traverso (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːno butˈtsaːti]; 14 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)