Giovanni Arpino was born on January 27, 1927 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Der Duft der Frauen (1992), Boccaccio 70 (1962) and La suora giovane (1964). He was married to Caterina Brero. He died on December 10, 1987 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
