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Antonio Tabucchi

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I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.


— Antonio Tabucchi


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The President of Portugal appointed him the title Do Infante Dom Henrique in 1989 and that same year the French government named him a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. His first important novel Indian Nocturne was publiAntonio Tabucchid in 1984 and became the basis of a 1989 a film directed by Alain Corneau. Poetiche a posteriori (2003) ISBN 88-07-42098-8
Tristano muore.

In later life he was mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature a feat he never achieved. He was so charmed that back in Italy he attended a course of Portuguese language for a better comprehension of the poet.

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