page_title: Emilio Salgari
section_title: Work available in English
hierarchical_section_title: Emilio Salgari / Work available in English
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover for The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari (1898), 3rd edition, 1904, illustration by Alberto Della Valle (1851-1928). Italiano: Copertina de Il Corsaro Nero di Emilio Salgari (1898), 3a edizione, 1904, illustrazione di Alberto Della Valle (1851-1928).
context_page_description: Emilio Salgari was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction.
  In Italy, his extensive body of work was more widely read than that of Dante. Today he is still among the 40 most translated Italian authors. Many of his most popular novels have been adapted as comics, animated series and feature films. He is considered the father of Italian adventure fiction and Italian pop culture, and the "grandfather" of the Spaghetti Western.
context_section_description: Though Salgari's novels have been popular in Europe and Latin America for over a century, at present only nine titles are available in English. The list below has 11 titles. 9<>11.
caption: Cover of Il corsaro nero, third edition 1904, illustration by Alberto Della Valle
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