Montblanc Writers Edition Carlo Collodi

Montblanc Writers Edition Carlo Collodi

Montblanc presents the Limited Writers Edition 2011, an intricately crafted piece celebrating the Italian author Carlo Collodi, the creator of Pinocchio, one of the most enduring characters in children*s literature.
Collodi*s imaginary story of the wooden puppet in search of boyhood has enchanted generations and has been the subject of numerous adaptations in film, art and theatre.
Collodi was born in Florence on 24 November 1826. His mother, Angiolina Orzali Lorenzini, was a seamstress from Collodi, the town from which he later took the pen name, and his father, Domenico Lorenzini, was a cook.
Both parents worked for the marchese Ginori Lisci.
Carlo was the eldest child in the family and he had ten siblings but seven died at a young age.
He spent most of his childhood in the town of Collodi where his mother was born. He lived there with his maternal grandmother. After attending primary school, he was sent to study at a theological seminary in Colle Val d’Elsa.
An account at the seminary shows that the marchese had offered financial aid, but the boy found that he did not want to be a priest so he continued his education at the College of the Scolopi Fathers in Florence.
In 1844 he started working at the Florentine bookstore Libreria Piatti, where he assisted Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist.
Every detail of the limited edition is carefully designed to reflect Collodi*s epic masterpiece.
The primary material is a dark-brown precious resin.
The book*s colorful characters, including the voracious whale, the loyal cricket, the shady fox, the deceitful cat and the good fairy, are featured on the skeletonized cap overlay.
A screw set into the clip symbolizes the joints of the famous marionette, while the cone is reminiscent of Pinocchio*s legendary growing nose.
The limitation number and Collodi signature adorn the top of the cap, while the cricket on the 18kt champagne-gold nib completes this edition.
Limited to: 12,000 fountain pens; 14,600 ballpoint pens; 8,400 roller.