4 good links

  1. Books and Writers

    Good Collodi biography from this very dependable resource

  2. The Story of Pinocchio

    Good background on how Pinocchio came to be

  3. Carlo Collodi and Pinocchio

    Profile followed by text of the book

  4. The Carlo Collodi National Foundation

    With a mandate going back to 1962

Carlo Collodi Biography

Name at birth: Carlo Lorenzini

A journalist by profession, Collodi is better known as the author of the fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio. The title character is a wooden marionette who comes to life and has various naughty adventures before revealing his good heart and becoming a living boy at last. Collodi published chapters of the story in serial form in an Italian newspaper beginning in 1881, and the story became a book in 1883. A cheery animated film of the story was released by Walt Disney in 1940.

Extra credit:

The author borrowed the pen name of 'Collodi' from his mother's home town.

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