23 moments
Birth in Santiago de las Vegas
· Santiago de las Vegas, Havana, Cuba
Calvino was born in the Havana suburb of Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.
Family settlement in Sanremo
· Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Calvino’s family returned to Italy and established its permanent home in Sanremo, where his childhood and schooling unfolded. The source dates the family move to 1925 but does not give a day or month.
Italian invasion of the French Riviera
· French Riviera, France
As a compulsory member of the Fascist youth organization, Calvino was required to take part in Italy’s June 1940 invasion of the French Riviera. Coordinate is a representative point for the French Riviera; the source does not identify a more precise posting or route.
Agriculture student at the University of Turin
· University of Turin, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Calvino began university studies in agriculture at the University of Turin, following a field associated with his father’s career.
Transfer to the University of Florence
· University of Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Calvino transferred to the University of Florence and continued his agricultural examinations during wartime Italy.
Garibaldi Brigades in the Maritime Alps
· Maritime Alps, France-Italy border
Using the nom de guerre Santiago, Calvino joined the Communist Garibaldi Brigades and fought with the Resistance in the Maritime Alps. The source places his Resistance fighting in the Maritime Alps from spring 1944 until 1945; coordinate is representative of the mountain region.
Settlement in Turin after liberation
· Turin, Piedmont, Italy
After the war, Calvino chose Turin as his base, returned to university, and entered the city’s literary and political life.
Visit to Ernest Hemingway at Stresa
· Stresa, Piedmont, Italy
Calvino travelled with Natalia Ginzburg to Stresa to interview Ernest Hemingway, one of his literary idols.
Correspondent in Moscow
· Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
During a two-month Soviet trip as an l'Unità correspondent, Calvino was in Moscow when he learned of his father’s death. The source establishes Moscow presence during his late-1951 Soviet trip but does not provide a precise arrival or departure date.
Helsinki Olympics reporting trip
· Helsinki, Finland
Calvino accompanied La Stampa correspondent Paolo Monelli to Helsinki for the 1952 Summer Olympics and wrote color reporting for l'Unità. The source specifies summer 1952 but not an exact day or month.
Columbia University lecture
· Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States
Calvino delivered his first conference in English at Columbia University during his first extended United States visit.
Wedding in Havana
· Museum of Natural History, Havana, Cuba
Calvino and Esther Judith Singer celebrated their wedding at Havana’s Museum of Natural History during his return trip to Cuba. Coordinate represents the historic central-Havana area of the documented museum venue.
Move to Paris
· Square de Châtillon, Paris, France
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file Calvino and his family moved to Paris and took up residence in a villa at Square de Châtillon, initiating a major Paris period in his life and work.
Journey in Iran
· Iran
Calvino travelled in Iran during a period in which his travel writing and newspaper work expanded significantly. The source identifies Iran but does not name a city; coordinate is a country-level representative point.
Mexico visit
· Mexico
Calvino visited Mexico in 1976 as part of an international sequence of travel that also included the United States and Japan. The source identifies Mexico but does not name a city; coordinate is a country-level representative point.
Amherst lecture
· Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Calvino gave the English-language conference Right and wrong political uses of literature in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Japan itinerary including Kyoto
· Kyoto, Japan
Calvino visited Japan under a Japan Foundation itinerary that included Kyoto, Nara, Tokyo, and Nikko; in Kyoto he visited major gardens, temples, and cultural institutions. The source documents a 5–18 November itinerary; YYYY-MM is used because the exact Kyoto date is not specified.
Move to Piazza Campo Marzio
· Piazza Campo Marzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International · file Calvino moved to Rome’s Piazza Campo Marzio area and began editorial work on Tommaso Landolfi for Rizzoli.
New York University reading
· New York University, New York City, New York, United States
Calvino read Written world and unwritten world at New York University, a documented stage of his final United States visit.
Buenos Aires Book Fair appearance
· Buenos Aires, Argentina
Calvino made his only documented presentation in Buenos Aires at the 1984 Book Fair, speaking in the atmosphere of Argentina’s restored democracy. The source identifies the visit as occurring at the 1984 Book Fair but does not provide a day or month.
Hospitalization in Grosseto
· Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Following his stroke, Calvino was initially hospitalized at Misericordia Hospital in Grosseto before transfer to Siena. The source places this hospitalization after 6 September 1985 but does not supply a transfer day.
Stroke at the Roccamare villa
· Roccamare, Castiglione della Pescaia, Tuscany, Italy
While preparing his Harvard Norton Lectures, Calvino suffered the stroke from which he would not recover at his villa in Roccamare. Coordinate represents Roccamare; the specific villa location is not supplied.
Death at Santa Maria della Scala
· Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Calvino was transferred to Siena’s Santa Maria della Scala hospital, where he died during the night of 18–19 September 1985. The article’s infobox gives the date of death as 19 September 1985; the narrative describes death during the night of 18/19 September.