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Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.Wikipedia →
Works
Il gioco del rovescio
Letter from Casablanca
Italian · 1981Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Donna di Porto Pim
The Woman of Porto Pim
Italian · 1983Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Notturno indiano
Indian Nocturne
Italian · 1984Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
Piccoli equivoci senza importanza
Little Misunderstandings of No Importance
Italian · 1985Short Story Collection / Tales
2 translations
Il filo dell'orizzonte
The Edge of the Horizon
Italian · 1986Novel
1 translation
I volatili del Beato Angelico
The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico
Italian · 1987Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Requiem
Requiem: An Hallucination
Portuguese · 1991Novel
1 translation
Sostiene Pereira
Pereira Maintains
Italian · 1994Novel
1 translation
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro
Italian · 1997Novel
1 translation
Si sta facendo sempre più tardi
It's Getting Later All the Time
Italian · 2001Novel
1 translation
Tristano muore
Tristano Dies: A Life
Italian · 2004Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
Racconti con figure
Stories with Pictures
Italian · 2011Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Per Isabel. Un mandala
For Isabel: A Mandala
Italian · 2013Novella / Light Novel
1 translation