Daniele Varè

Daniele Varè (12 January 1880 – 27 February 1956) was an Italian expatriate diplomat and author, most famous for the China-set novel ''The Maker of Heavenly Trousers'' (republished in 2012 by Penguin Modern Classics). He is also remembered for ''Laughing Diplomat'' (John Murray, 1938), his autobiography as Italian diplomat. Provided by Wikipedia