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Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati-Traverso (; 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. Life Buzzati was born at San Pellegrino, Belluno, in his family's ancestral villa. Buzzati's mother, a veterinarian by profession, was Venetian and his father, a professor of international law, was from an old Bellunese family. Buzzati was the second of his parents' four children. One of his brothers was the well-known Italian geneticist Adriano Buzzati-Traverso. In 1924, he enrolled in the law faculty of the University of Milan, where his father once taught. As he was completing his studies in law, he was hired, at the age of 22, by the Milanese newspaper ''Corriere della Sera'', where he would remain until his death. He began in the corrections departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Frances Lobb
Leila Charlotte Evelyn Petronella Buckley (16 January 1917 – 25 January 2013), née Porter, known by her pen name Frances Lobb, was an English poet, novelist and translator. She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Adrian Sydney Morton Porter OStJ, a King's Messenger, and the author Rose Henniker Heaton. Her grandfather was the postal reformer Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Baronet. She married, firstly, the renowned Oxford classicist Courtenay Edward Stevens in 1938. She and Courtenay Stevens were divorced. She married, secondly, Philip Strachan Buckley in 1949. During the Second World War she worked in the Political Intelligence Department (1939–1943), Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. Works Novels * ''The Vow'', Book Guild, 1999 * ''The Strangers'', Art & Educational Publishers, 1947 * ''Handsome Johnnie'', Faber and Faber, 1941 Translations Leila Buckley translated works between English, German, Italian, French, Latin and ancient Greek. She is perh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |