Carlo Collodi
Writer
Name at birth: Carlo Lorenzini
A journalist by profession, Collodi is better known as the author of the fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio. The title character is a wooden marionette who comes to life and has various naughty adventures before revealing his good heart and becoming a living boy at last. Collodi published chapters of the story in serial form in an Italian newspaper beginning in 1881, and the story became a book in 1883. A cheery animated film of the story was released by Walt Disney in 1940.
Extra credit: The author borrowed the pen name of 'Collodi' from his mother's home town.
Other storytellers: The Brothers Grimm, Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl.
Four Good Links
Books and Writers
Good Collodi biography from this very dependable resource
The Story of Pinocchio
Good background on how Pinocchio came to be
The Columbia Encyclopedia
A very short biography of Collodi
Links to Literature
A half-dozen Collodi links
