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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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In Oltrepo Pavese, a winegrowing region in northern Italy, the harvest was in full swing in the final days of July, a first.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

“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

She is calling her piece “Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes,” named for the poem by Cesare Pavese.

From New York Times May 6, 2016

Cesare Pavese has nothing to do with driving fast on an Indiana farm road, but I understand the urge to be and to count for something.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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