Pinocchio

Carlo Collodio

(1828-1890) Carlo Lorenzini Collodi is tehe better known pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, a journalist and writer who was born in florence in 1826, dying there in 1890. He began writing childeren's books in 1876, with the publication of I racconti delle fate, an excellent translation of French literary fables (Perrault, Madame Leprince de Beaumont, Madame D'Aulnoiy). In 1881 he began to contribute on a reguler basis toone of the first Italian periodicals for chidren. "II giornale per i bambini". "The Children's Magazine", the firs issue of which published the initial instalment of Le avvanture di Pinocchio " Pinocchio's Adventures". At thet time it was entitled "Storia di un burattino" " Story of a puppet". Further stories later appeared in the same periodical, such as Pipi, o lo scimiattino color di rosa Pipi, or the little rose- coloured monkey", a sort of continuation of Pinocchio but with a gantle tone of self-persiflage; these stories would later be gathered together in storie alledre "Cheery Stories" (1887).