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),
Times Gone By (1952) and
Dulce madre mía (1943). He died on March 12, 1908 in Bordighera, Liguria, Italy.