Roberto Calasso




Roberto Calasso

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born
May 30, 1941

gender
male

place of birth
Florence, Italy

genre
Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction


about this author

Roberto Calasso (born 30 May 1941 in Florence) is an Italian publisher and writer. He was born into a family of the local upper class, well connected with some of the great Italian intellectuals of their time. His maternal grandfather Giovanni Codignola was a professor of philosophy at Florence University. Codignola created a new publishing house called La Nuova Italia, in Florence, just like his friend Benedetto Croce had done in Bari with Laterza. His uncle Tristano Codignola, partigiano during the Resistenza, after the war joined the political life of the new republic, and was for a while Minister of Education. His mother Melisenda – who gave up a promising academic career to raise her three children – was a scholar of German literat...more




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avg rating: 4.19 | 344 ratings | 57 reviews | 17 distinct works | 3 fans
The Marriage Of Cadmus  and Ha... The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony
by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks
avg rating 4.41 — 123 ratings — published 1993
12 editions
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Ka: Stories of the Mind and Go... Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 4.06 — 72 ratings — published 1998
11 editions
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Literature and the Gods Literature and the Gods
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 3.83 — 29 ratings — published 2001
6 editions
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The Ruin of Kasch The Ruin of Kasch
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 4.00 — 23 ratings — published 1994
8 editions
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K. K.
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 2005
7 editions
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The Forty-nine Steps The Forty-nine Steps
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1991
6 editions
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La locura que viene de las nin... La locura que viene de las ninfas y otros ensayos
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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La Folie Baudelaire La Folie Baudelaire
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2008
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Winding Paths Winding Paths
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1999
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El loco impuro El loco impuro
by Roberto Calasso
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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"The gods are fugitive guests of literature. "
Roberto Calasso
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