Arturo Vivante was born in Rome in 1923 and grew up in Italy, England, and Canada. He earned a medical doctorate from Rome University in 1949, but left his medical practice in the mid-1950s when his short stories began to be published. Seventy of his short stories have appeared in the New Yorker. He has published two novels, five short-story collections, a book of poetry, essays, translations, and plays. Vivante has received many awards, including a Fulbright, an N.E.A., and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an award from the American Academy. He lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
"In Solitude and Other Stories, Vivante muses on the essential loneliness of our human existence and our yearning for connection. He describes with delicacy and passion those precious moments when we reach out to another person, or, in some cases, to another creature of nature, and there is a vivid response. Vivante is a master of capturing the essence of a moment. Vivante's stories shine with intensity and passion; they tell the stories of the human heart in prose that is lyrical and luminous." —Los Angeles Times "No one can touch Vivante for his affectionate mix of lively story and both serious and funny sensuality. When the author himself likes life and people and nature this much, the world's big joys and little joys spring up in any reader. There isn't a dud in the lot, and several of this collection are extraordinary. Vivante is just plain more affectionate toward the world than most story tellers. The book is incandescent all through." —Carol Bly "Arturo Vivante's stories glow with a special radiance. Solitude is a fine collection." —Elizabeth Spencer
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