Roberto Calasso, titan of Italian literature, dies

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Italian writer and publisher Roberto Calasso, "a literary institution of one" whose erudite explorations of myth and literature were translated into more than 20 languages has died at 80, his publishing house Adelphi said on Thursday. Read full story



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