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Pavese

British  
/ 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)

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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

Mike Pavese, who moved up here from the Bronx in 1969 and is sergeant-at-arms at the Italian-American Club down the street, blames changing times and temptations.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2010

Before he died, Cesare Pavese, believer in the Great Manifesto, wrote, “We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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