Pinocchio eBook

Italian children's writer and journalist, Carlo Collodi, real name Carlo Lorenzini, was born in Florence in 1826. Assuming the pseudonym "Collodi", in honor of the small Tuscan village where his mother had been born, he signed comedies and press articles, of which his fervent contributions to Il Fanfulla stand out. In 1876, he created a children's series whose protagonist was the villain Gianettino, but his great success would come in 1881 with the publication in the Giornaledei Bambini, of the first episode of "Pinocchio", with the name Storia Di Un Burattino, with illustrations by Eugenio Mazzanti. During this period, he published Macchiette (1880), Occhie Nasi (1881) and Storie Allegre (1887), satirical and humorous collections of his articles published in the press. Ignoring the potential fame of his work, Collodi died in his native Florence on October 26, 1890.