Biography

Antonio Tabucchi was born on September 24, 1943 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for Rebus (1989), Nocturne indien (1989) and O Fio do Horizonte (1993). He was married to Maria José de Lancastre de Mello Sampayo. He died on March 25, 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996

Son of Antonio Tabucchi and Tina Pardella.

Father of Miguel (b. November 11th 1970) and Teresa Marina (b. August 25th 1973).

Fond of Fernando Pessoa's writings (he discovered in French in Paris when he was student), Antonio Tabucchi learned Portuguese in order to read Pessoa in original.