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Emilio Salgari was an Italian writer of action adventure and a pioneer of science fiction. 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. Sandokan remained his most popular character, other writers were eager to write new stories about The Tiger of Malaysia, a fate shared by few characters in popular fiction. Salgari private life was clouded by several tragedies.

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Emilio Salgari was an Italian writer of action adventure and a pioneer of science fiction. 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. Sandokan remained his most popular character, other writers were eager to write new stories about The Tiger of Malaysia, a fate shared by few characters in popular fiction. Salgari private life was clouded by several tragedies.