Life and career
Born in Castiglione Olona, De Vita made his professional debut in 1934 in the magazine ''Jumbo (magazine), Jumbo''. In 1936 he started collaborating with ' and ''Corriere dei Piccoli'', for which he created the long-running series ''La Primula Rossa del Risorgimento''. In 1938 De Vita debuted on ''Topolino'' with a comic adaptation of Albert Robida's novel '. After illustrating ''Tuffolino'', a Mickey Mouse imitation for the magazine ''Paperino e altre avventure, Paperino'', as well as some adventure comic series such as ''Pecos Bill (comics), Pecos Bill'' and ''Oklahoma'', in 1955 he started a long collaboration with Guido Martina with a Donald Duck story, ''Paperino Don Chisciotte''. He continued to illustrate Disney stories often written by Martina until his retirement in 1981. De Vita died in Domaso.References