Antonio Tabucchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Tabucchi

Italian writer and literary scholar

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1943

Place of Birth: Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 25-Mar-2012

Profession: writer, professor, translator, author, journalist

Nationality: Italy, Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Antonio Tabucchi (Italian: [an't??njo ta'bukki]; 24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) 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 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 when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet. His books and essays have been translated in 18 countries, including Japan.
Together with his wife, María José de Lancastre, he translated many works by Pessoa into Italian and has written a book of essays and a comedy about the writer. Tabucchi was awarded the French prize "Médicis étranger" for Indian Nocturne (Notturno indiano) and the premio Campiello, and the Aristeion Prize for Sostiene Pereira.
In later life he was mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a feat he never achieved.