Carlo Collodi

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1826-11-24 (64 years old)

Deathday

1890-10-26

Place of Birth

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Carlo Collodi

Biography

Carlo Collodi, pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, (born Nov. 24, 1826, Florence, Tuscany [Italy]—died Oct. 26, 1890, Florence), Italian author and journalist, best known as the creator of Pinocchio, the childlike puppet whose adventures delight children around the world. As a young man Collodi joined the seminary. The cause of Italian national unification usurped his calling, however, as he took to journalism as a means of supporting the Risorgimento in its struggle with Austria. In 1848 Collodi started publishing Il Lampione, a newspaper of political satire. With the founding of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, Collodi ceased his journalistic and m...

Production

1940

Pinocchio

as Novel

2000

Geppetto

as Story

1999

Candlewick

as Characters

2009

Pinocchio

as Novel

1968

Pinocchio

as Novel

1977

The Stowaway

as Story

1992

Pinocchio

as Story

1939

1972

Pinocchio

as Novel

1976

Pinocchio

as Novel

2004

Pinocchio 3000

as Original Story

1986

Pinocchio

as Novel

1986

Pinocchio

as Characters

2021

Pinocchio: A True Story

as Original Story

2015

Pinocchio

as Novel

1984

Pinocchio

as Novel

2022

Pinocchio

as Original Film Writer

2019

Pinocchio

as Novel

2002

Pinocchio

as Novel

2004

Pinocchio

as Original Story

1984

1957

Pinocchio

as Writer

2001

Shrek

as Characters

1967

Pinocchio

as Story

1911

Pinocchio

as Novel

1971

Pinocchio

as Novel

2012

Pinocchio

as Novel

2012

Pinocchio

as Idea

2012

Pinocchio

as Story

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