Edmondo De Amicis was born on October 21, 1846 in Oneglia, Kingdom of Sardinia [now Imperia, Liguria, Italy]. He was a writer, known for
The Young Lady and the Hooligan (1918),
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1990) and
Times Gone By (1952). He died on March 12, 1908 in Bordighera, Liguria, Italy.