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Date of Birth
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23-October-1920
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Place of Birth
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Omegna
(Italy, Piedmont, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)
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Nationality
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Italy
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Also know as
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Dzh. Rodari, Gianni Rodan, Giovanni Francesco Rodari, Francesco Aricocchi, Benelux
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Profession
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Journalist, Writer, Screenwriter
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Gianni Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his children's books. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970 and many consider him Italy's most important twentieth-century children's author. His books have been translated into many languages, though few have been published in English.
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