Carlo Collodi

Carlo Collodi was born on 24 November 1826 in Florence, Tuscany. He was an Italian author and journalist, best known for creating the naughty marionette Pinocchio. In 1848 Collodi started Il Lampione, a newspaper on political satire. However, in 1861, his interests changed and he began writing for children. The first chapter of Pinocchio appeared in a children’s magazine in 1881 and was an immediate success. In his works, Collodi portrays children as mischievous, a behaviour trait with which children can identify.