Roberto Calasso

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Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer, publisher, and intellectual best known for his erudite, genre-blending works that explore myth, literature, and culture, and for his long leadership of the publishing house Adelphi Edizioni.

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Roberto Calasso canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-05-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-07-28 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Rome La Sapienza ⓘ
employer Adelphi Edizioni ⓘ
familyName Calasso ⓘ
fieldOfWork cultural criticism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Roberto ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Kafka ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Hindu mythology ⓘ
Walter Benjamin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
movement Adelphi school ⓘ
name Roberto Calasso ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
notableFor exploration of myth and literature ⓘ
interdisciplinary cultural essays ⓘ
leadership of Adelphi Edizioni ⓘ
notableWork K. ⓘ
Ka ⓘ
La folie Baudelaire ⓘ
The Celestial Hunter ⓘ
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony ⓘ
The Ruin of Kasch ⓘ
Tiepolo Pink ⓘ
placeOfBirth Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Italy ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Adelphi Edizioni ⓘ
editor-in-chief of Adelphi Edizioni ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workFocus culture ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
myth ⓘ
writingStyle erudite ⓘ
genre-blending ⓘ

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Formentor Prize → notableRecipient → Roberto Calasso ⓘ
Prix Formentor → notableRecipient → Roberto Calasso ⓘ
Ann Goldstein → translatorOf → Roberto Calasso ⓘ
Roberto Calasso → name → Roberto Calasso ⓘ
Premio Formentor → notableRecipient → Roberto Calasso ⓘ