Giovanni Arpino was born on January 27, 1927 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was a writer, known for
Scent of a Woman (1992),
The Young Nun (1964) and
Boccaccio '70 (1962). He was married to Caterina Brero. He died on December 10, 1987 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.