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  2. The Nonexistent Knight - Wikipedia

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    The Nonexistent Knight (Italian: Il cavaliere inesistente) is an allegorical fantasy novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, first published in Italian in 1959 and in English translation in 1962. The tale explores questions of identity, integration with society, and virtue through the adventures of Agilulf, a medieval knight who exemplifies ...

  3. List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Bradamante is depicted as one of the greatest female knights in literature. She is an expert fighter, and wields a magical lance that unhorses anyone it touches. She is also one of the main characters in several novels including Italo Calvino's surrealistic, highly ironic novel Il Cavaliere inesistente (The Nonexistent Knight).

  4. Italo Calvino - Wikipedia

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    That same year, he turned down the Viareggio Prize for Ti con zero (Time and the Hunter) on the grounds that it was an award given by "institutions emptied of meaning". [49] He accepted, however, both the Asti Prize and the Feltrinelli Prize for his writing in 1970 and 1972, respectively. In two autobiographical essays published in 1962 and ...

  5. Orlando Furioso - Wikipedia

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    Orlando is the Christian knight known in French (and subsequently English) as Roland. The story takes place against the background of the war between Charlemagne's Christian paladins and the Saracen army that has invaded Europe and is attempting to overthrow the Christian empire.

  6. If on a winter's night a traveler - Wikipedia

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    If on a winter's night a traveler (Italian: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino.The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler.

  7. Pino Zac - Wikipedia

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    Zac was also active as a director and screenwriter of animation films. He realized about 20 short films and the experimental feature film The Nonexistent Knight, based on the novel with the same name by Italo Calvino. [1] Zac died of a stroke in his house in 1985. [1]

  8. Armie Hammer to star in non-Batman movie “The Dark Knight ...

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    Armie Hammer to star in non-Batman movie “The Dark Knight”, marking first lead role since sex abuse scandal. Wesley Stenzel. January 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM. Noam Galai/Getty. Armie Hammer.

  9. Bradamante - Wikipedia

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    Bradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. [1] Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art.