Carlo Alberto Gonin

Carlo Alberto Gonin is a little-documented Italian author whose surviving published work is L'anatra: Allevamento per la produzione della carne, a manual on raising ducks for meat production.

From the text’s publication history and catalog records, he appears to have written in the early 20th century and to have worked in the world of practical agriculture rather than literary fiction. The book is focused on breeding, management, and the economics of duck farming, with an emphasis on helping farmers improve results through better methods.

Because reliable biographical information about him is scarce in major public reference sources, many personal details about his life remain uncertain. What can be said with confidence is that his work belongs to a tradition of straightforward agricultural writing meant to inform, instruct, and support working readers.