Calvino

[ kal-vee-noh; Italian kahl-vee-naw ]

noun

1. I·ta·lo [ee, -tah-law], 1923–85, Italian novelist.

Calvino

/ kælˈviːnəʊ /

noun

1. CalvinoItalo19231985MItalianWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)

Example Sentences

They were unlikely prophets locked in telepathic mind-meld, their images periodically warping on the surface of the mirror, a sonic parallel to the shifty dual-identity deceptions of Italo Calvino or Nabokov.

From Washington Post

The one I for sure wanted to say was “The Dinosaurs” by Italo Calvino.

From The Daily Beast

Under the direction of Doctor Calvino, nearly every acre of the Station has been devoted to some useful purpose.

From Project Gutenberg