Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012) was an Italian writer, translator, and scholar of literature. He wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays, and edited the Italian edition of Fernando Pessoa’s works. Tabucchi taught Portuguese language and literature at, among others, the universities of Pisa, Siena, and Genoa, and directed the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. His work was translated into more than 40 languages. His awards included the Premio Campiello, the Prix Médicis étranger, and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. His notable works include *Requiem: A Hallucination*, *It Gets Later All the Time*, *Tristano Dies*, and *Time Ages in Haste*.