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Antonio Tabucchi

Born

in Pisa, Italy

September 23, 1943

Died

March 25, 2012

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Fernando Pessoa, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Luigi Pirandello, Jul ...more

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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 the writer 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, back in Italy, he attended a course of Portuguese language for a better comprehension of the poet. ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 61,344 ratings · 5,741 reviews · 100 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi, Carlos Gumpert (Translator), Xavier González Rovira (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 35,292 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notturno indiano 3.73 avg rating — 3,822 ratings — published 1984 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem: A Hallucination 3.88 avg rating — 3,237 ratings — published 1991 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro by Antonio Tabucchi, J.C. Patrick (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 2,291 ratings — published 1997 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il tempo invecchia in fretta 3.47 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 2009 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piccoli equivoci senza importanza 3.59 avg rating — 1,180 ratings — published 1985 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il filo dell'orizzonte 3.25 avg rating — 1,140 ratings — published 1985 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Per Isabel. Un mandala 3.47 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 2013 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	هذيان: أيام فرناندو بيسووا الثلاثة الأخيرة by Antonio Tabucchi, اسكندر حبش (ترجمة), أنطونيو تابوكي 3.48 avg rating — 987 ratings — published 1992 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Donna di Porto Pim 3.72 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 1983 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“وكنت أقرأ كتبًا اعتقدت أنها تفسّر الحياة، كأنّ الحياة قابلة للتفسير بكتاب، ياللوهم..”
― Antonio Tabucchi, Tristano muore

tags: books, life

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“I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.”
― Antonio Tabucchi

tags: contradictions, eccentrics, maladjusted-people

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“Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.”
― Antonio Tabucchi, Pereira Maintains

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2 votes, 6.5%

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