modern europe
Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a literary institution of one". The fundamental thematic concept of his œuvre is the relationship between myth and the emergence of modern consciousness.Wikipedia →
Works
La rovina di Kasch
The Ruin of Kasch
Italian · 1983Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Italian · 1988Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
I quarantanove gradini
The Forty-nine Steps
Italian · 1991Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Ka
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India
Italian · 1996Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
La letteratura e gli dèi
Literature and the Gods
Italian · 2001Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
K.
K.
Italian · 2002Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Il rosa Tiepolo
Tiepolo Pink
Italian · 2006Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
La folie Baudelaire
La folie Baudelaire
Italian · 2008Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
L'ardore
Ardor
Italian · 2010Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
L'impronta dell'editore
The Art of the Publisher
Italian · 2013Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Il Cacciatore Celeste
The Celestial Hunter
Italian · 2016Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
L'innominabile attuale
The Unnamable Present
Italian · 2017Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Il libro di tutti i libri
The Book of All Books
Italian · 2019Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
La Tavoletta dei Destini
Tablet of Destinies
Italian · 2020Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation