Possible Clues:

• Author Calvino born in a country that nearly matches his name
• Words before 'a good night'
• -- -Turkish War
• "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" writer Calvino
• European national starter
• European-origin prefix
• ___ Balbo, right-hand man to Mussolini
• Calvino who is an author of many crosswords?
• Author -- Calvino
• ___-Abyssinian War