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Silone

American  
[si-loh-nee, see-law-ne] / sɪˈloʊ ni, siˈlɔ nɛ /

noun

  1. Ignazio Secondo Tranquilli, 1900–78, Italian author.


Silone British  
/ siˈloːne /

noun

  1. Ignazio (iɲˈɲattsjo). 1900–78, Italian writer, noted for his humanitarian socialistic novels, Fontamara (1933) and Bread and Wine (1937)

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Second-year Ohio State student Abby Silone showed a group of reporters how to use the automated carriers at the Aug. 19 demonstration.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2021

A dramatic act of protest by a simple, apolitical man in an obscure place: the story could have been written by Silone or Malraux.

From The New Yorker Mar. 28, 2016

“The God That Failed,” published in 1950, compiled personal narratives by six former Communists and fellow-travellers, including André Gide, Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, and Richard Wright.

From The New Yorker Feb. 22, 2016

Silone now lives in Rome, nurturing his aversion to politics, as well as rewriting and reissuing his novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such first-rate writers and critics as Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Andre Gide and Edmund Wilson have sold Partisan Review articles for a token $2 a page.

From Time Magazine Archive

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