Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini was born on February 23, 1910 in Pazin, Austrian Littoral, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now Pazin, Istria, Croatia]. He was a writer, known for La calda vita (1964), La rosa rossa (1974) and Les régates de San Francisco (1960). He died on April 22, 1965 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.