Pinocchio (/pɪˈnoÊŠkioÊŠ/ pih-NOH-kee-oh, Italian: [piˈnÉ"kkjo]) is
a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The
Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of
Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto
in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams
of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent
tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow.Pinocchio is a cultural
icon. He is one of the most re-imagined characters in children's
literature. His story has been adapted into many other media, notably
the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio. Collodi often used the Italian Tuscan
dialect in his book. The name Pinocchio is a combination of the
Italian words pino (pine), and occhio (eye); Pino is also an
abbreviation of Giuseppino, the diminutive for Giuseppe (the Italian
form of Joseph); one of the men who greatly influenced Collodi in his
youth was Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist
who supervised Collodi at the Libreria Piatti bookshop in Florence.
Geppetto, the name of Pinocchio's creator and “father,†is the
diminutive for Geppo, the Tuscan pronunciation of ceppo, meaning a
log, stump, block, stock or stub.Pinocchio's characterization varies
across interpretations, but several aspects are consistent across all
adaptations: Pinocchio is a puppet, Pinocchio's maker is Geppetto and
Pinocchio's nose grows when he lies. Pinocchio Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter