Illustrazione digitale di Maria René Menacho, 2023, studentessa del Liceo artistico Volta di Pavia. Tecnica mista Exactly a century ago, on October 15, 1923, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century was born, destined to give us some of the richest and most complex works of 20th-century Italian literature. Italo Calvino was able to reconcile different themes and genres, blending forms and stylistic choices in a frantic attempt to give a face to the chaos of reality, ready to amaze us even today with their disarming relevance.