Elisabetta Dami facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Elisabetta Maria Dami
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| Born | Elisabetta Maria Dami 1 January 1958 (age 67) Milan, Italy |
| Pen name | Geronimo Stilton |
| Occupation | Author |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable works | Geronimo Stilton |
Elisabetta Maria Dami (born January 1, 1958) is a well-known Italian author who writes exciting books for children. She is most famous for creating the popular book series Geronimo Stilton.
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Elisabetta Dami's Life and Adventures
Elisabetta Dami grew up surrounded by books. Her father, Piero Dami, started a publishing company called Dami Editore in 1972. When Elisabetta was just 13 years old, she began working in the family business. She started as a proofreader, which means she checked books for mistakes before they were printed.
By the time she was 19, Elisabetta was already writing her own short stories. She loves adventure and trying new things. When she was 20, she earned licenses to fly an aircraft and to go skydiving.
Exploring the World
Elisabetta's love for adventure took her all over the world. At 23, she traveled around the globe by herself. She also completed a tough survival course at the Outward Bound school in Maine, USA.
Her adventures continued with a rally race in the Sahara Desert. She even drove an off-road vehicle across Africa, from north to south! Elisabetta is also a dedicated runner. She completed a very long 100-kilometer ultramarathon in the Sahara. She also ran three famous New York City Marathons in 2002, 2003, and 2017.
How Geronimo Stilton Was Created
Elisabetta Dami has a big heart and a special connection with children. She started volunteering at a children's hospital. While helping the sick children, she decided to write fun adventure stories for them.
Bringing Joy to Children
Elisabetta wanted to create stories that would make the children laugh and feel better. She invented a clumsy mouse character named Geronimo Stilton. He would go on all sorts of funny and exciting adventures. The children loved these tales, and they quickly became very popular.
Elisabetta shared her inspiration:
For a while I worked as a volunteer in a hospital, and it was there, almost by chance, that I invented Geronimo Stilton … It was at the time when Patch Adams taught the world that children need to laugh to get better. So I started to make up funny stories in which the protagonist was a clumsy mouse called Geronimo Stilton. He would get involved in all sorts of entertaining adventures, full of funny events and twists in the plot, that children found really compelling.
The Geronimo Stilton books became a huge success! They have been translated into 49 different languages. More than 180 million copies of his adventures have been sold all over the world.
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