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Born	October 15, 1923 •Cuba
Died	September 19, 1985 (aged 61) •Siena •Italy
Notable Works	“Cosmicomics” •“If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler” •“Invisible Cities” •“The Baron in the Trees” •“The Castle of Crossed Destinies” •“The Nonexistent Knight & the Cloven Viscount” •“The Path to the Nest of Spiders”
Movement / Style	Neorealism

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