Pinocchio was created by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi , the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini, who first published the character in the 1880s in the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Who “made” Pinocchio in the story?

  • In the fictional world of the book, Pinocchio is carved from a piece of wood by an elderly woodcarver named Geppetto, who becomes his father figure.
  • Geppetto shapes him as a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy, which drives much of the story’s plot.

Who created Pinocchio as a character?

  • The literary creator of Pinocchio is the Italian author and journalist Carlo Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini), born in Florence in 1826.
  • Collodi introduced Pinocchio in a serialized story in an Italian children’s magazine in 1881, later collected as The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1883.

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