About Carlo Fruttero
Lived 1926 – 2012 (aged 85). Carlo Fruttero was an Italian writer, translator, journalist, literary editor, playwright and science fiction writer.
Carlo Fruttero (19 September 1926 – 15 January 2012) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies.
Fruttero was born in Turin, Italy. He is mostly known for his joint work with Franco Lucentini, especially as authors of crime novels. The duo were also editors of the science-fiction series Urania from the 1960s to the 1980s, and of the comic-strip magazine Il Mago.
Fruttero died in Roccamare, Castiglione della Pescaia, in 2012, aged 85.
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Who was Carlo Fruttero?
Italian writer (1926–2012)
When was Carlo Fruttero born?
Carlo Fruttero was born on 19 September 1926 in Turin.
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Carlo Fruttero died on 15 January 2012 in Roccamare.
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Carlo Fruttero was a writer, translator, journalist, literary editor, playwright and science fiction writer.
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Carlo Fruttero was Italian.
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