Roberto Calasso

Roberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher.[1] He was born in Florence, Italy. He has been called "a literary institution of one".[2] He founded and owned the publishing company Adelphi Edizioni.

Roberto Calasso in 1991

Calasso died on 28 July 2021 in Milan, Italy at the age of 80.[3]

References
  1. Roberto Calasso at PEN American Center retrieved 23 April 2010 Archived 11 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Lila Azam Zanganeh interviewing Robert Calasso, "The Art of Fiction No. 217", The Paris Review, Fall 2012.
  3. Addio a Roberto Calasso, lo scrittore editore di Adelphi (in Italian)

Other websites
  • Lila Azam Zanganeh (Fall 2012). "Roberto Calasso, The Art of Fiction No. 217". The Paris Review. Fall 2012 (202).
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