Vivante, Arturo

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VIVANTE, Arturo

VIVANTE, Arturo. American (born Italy), b. 1923. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Translations. Career: Full-time writer, 1958-. Writerin-Residence at colleges and universities throughout the US. Publications: POETRY: Poesie, 1951. NOVELS: A Goodly Babe, 1966; Doctor Giovanni, 1969. STORIES: The French Girls of Killini, 1967; English Stories, 1975; Run to the Waterfall, 1979. TRANSLATOR: Essays on Art and Ontology, by L. Vivante, 1980; (bilingual trans.) Poems: Giacomo Leopardi, 1988; Tales of Arturo Vivante, 1990; (bilingual trans.) Italian Poetry: An Anthology, 1996. OTHER: Writing Fiction, 1980. Author of plays performed on Cape Cod, 1971-2001. Address: PO Box 3005, Wellfleet, MA 02667, U.S.A.

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