![]() ![]() ![]() It was also a sign that from a very young age, he had a keen interest in the world around him. But the creation of the drawing itself and the book that he received, served as a foreshadowing of things to come, indicative of Canu’s love for literature and art alike. ![]() His prize was a volume of short stories by Leo Tolstoy, proof, perhaps, that the contest was aimed at adults and not children. Much to the delight of the Canu family, young Ivan’s rather cerebral take on the fuel crisis that plagued their hometown of Alghero in Sardinia, and indeed much of the world, won. The drawing-a mouse trying to fuel a car with water instead of gasoline-was entered by his mother in a contest run by a local magazine. It was at the tender age of four that Ivan Canu’s artistic skills first drew attention and acclaim. ![]()
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