Giovanni Arpino

Giovanni Arpino (died 1987) was born in Pola, in Istria, on 27 January 1927, to a Piedmontese mother. He studied at the University of Turin, where he wrote a thesis on the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin, and published his first novel in 1952. He also wrote poems and children's books, and was a journalist for many years, notably a sports columnist for the Turin daily La Stampa. He died in Turin on 10 December 1987.

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• NovelL'ombra delle collineGiovanni Arpino · 1964not translated into EnglishLiterature