Roberto Calasso, an Italian literary figure and the driving force behind an esteemed Milan-based publishing house, has died at 80ROME -- Roberto Calasso, a towering figure in European publishing as the driving force behind an esteemed Milan-based publisher, as well as an inquisitive and prolific author himself, has died at 80, his company said. Italian news media, quoting his publishing house Adelphi, said Calasso died Thursday in Milan following a long illness and a wake was held Friday in the publishing house's Milan headquarters. Among his literary finds was an Italian physicist, Carlo Rovelli. I'll publish them,'' Rovelli wrote. Rovelli wrote, adding that the "extraordinary care with which he published books is mythical."

Source: ABC News July 30, 2021 18:19 UTC