Carlo Collodi

Carlo Lorenzini, who took the name Collodi from his mother's native village, was born in Florence on 24 November 1826, the son of a cook, Domenico Lorenzini, and of Angiolina Orzali. After the seminary at Colle di Val d'Elsa, he fought twice in the wars of independence, the first time in 1848, founded the satirical newspaper Il Lampione and was for a long time a civil servant in the Tuscan administration. He translated Perrault's tales and wrote schoolbooks. He died in Florence on 26 October 1890.

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• NovelThe Adventures of PinocchioLe avventure di PinocchioCarlo Collodi · 1883Literature