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Pavese

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/ paˈveːse /

noun

  1. Cesare (ˈtʃeːzare). 1908–50, Italian writer and translator. His works include collections of poems, such as Verrà la morte e avra i tuoi occhi (1953), short stories, such as the collection Notte di festa (1953), and the novel La Luna e i falò (1950)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I’m upset about it, but it’s the weather. It’s nothing I can control,” said Pavese, a Long Island resident.

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2021

But the rest of Italy’s stellar postwar generation—Carlo Levi, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Pavese, Elsa Morante, Giorgio Bassani, Ginzburg—have been widely neglected in recent decades.

From The New Yorker Jul. 22, 2019

Erba Brusca Alzaia Naviglio Pavese, 286, Navigli; +39-02-8738-0711 To get here, you have to leave the city center and head south along the Naviglio Pavese canal.

From Forbes Sep. 20, 2014

“Le Amiche,” based on a short novel by Cesare Pavese, takes place in a busy and complicated social milieu and dispenses some of the conventional pleasures of melodrama.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2010

In 1950, poet Cesare Pavese was at the peak of his literary career, applauded by his peers and his country as the greatest living Italian author.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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