Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. Born in 1826 and dying in 1890, he wrote The Adventures of Pinocchio. He was born in Florence, the eldest of eleven children of a cook and a seamstress who worked for the marchese Ginori Lisci. His pen name comes from Collodi, the town where his mother was born and where he spent most of his childhood.
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was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio
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Carlo Lorenzini (Italian: [ˈkarlo lorenˈtsiːni]; 24 November 1826
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26 October 1890
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Genre: Children's literature, political satire, journalism
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Author: Carlo Collodi
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