Geppetto (/dʒəˈpɛtoʊ/ jə-PET-oh, Italian: [dʒepˈpetto]), also known as Mister Geppetto, is an Italian fictional character in the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio Adventures of Pinocchio Pinocchio (/pɪˈnoʊkioʊ/ pin-OH-kee-oh, Italian: [piˈnɔkkjo]) is an Italian 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. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pinocchio Pinocchio - Wikipedia by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio.