Giovanni Arpino was born on January 27, 1927 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Boccaccio '70 (1962) and The Young Nun (1964). He was previously married to Caterina Brero. He died on December 10, 1987 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.