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Svevo

British  
/ ˈsvevo /

noun

  1. Italo (ɪˈtalo), original name Ettore Schnitz. 1861–1928, Italian novelist and short-story writer, best known for the novel Confessions of Zeno (1923)

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They belong in the same category as Samuel Beckett, Italo Svevo and Federico Fellini.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Among his students was Italo Svevo, the pen name of the Jewish writer and businessman Ettore Schmitz, the possible inspiration for Leopold Bloom.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2019

Near where I live stands the old dwelling of Italo Svevo, the Italian writer and factory owner.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

Like Appiah himself, Svevo had a complex, shifting, multilingual identity.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2018

Next to it, another sign marks the popular lunch spot as a stop on the literary “ Italo Svevo Itinerary,” for devotees of that titan of Italian modernism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2015