Traven

American  

[trey-vuhn] / ˈtreɪ vən /

noun

1. B. Berick Traven Torsvan, 1890–1969, U.S.-born novelist in Mexico.

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Traven British  

/ ˈtrɑːvən /

noun

1. B ( en ), original name Albert Otto Max Feige . ?1882–1969, US novelist, born in Germany and living in Mexico from 1920, who kept his identity secret. His novels, originally written in German, include The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1934)

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Example Sentences

A Kitsap County sheriff’s deputy and State Patrol trooper arrived first and saw a man, later identified as Traven, crawling up a slope in front of the house, charging papers say.

From Seattle Times

However, he didn’t return to reprise his role as Jack Traven for the sequel.

From Fox News

Traven, directed by Kevin Macdonald Based on: “Guantanamo Diary” by Mohamedou Ould Slahi Verdict: Slahi’s harrowing 2015 memoir about his wrongful 14-year detention in Guantánamo Bay loses its first-person perspective and its moral focus in this dodgy legal thriller, although Tahar Rahim’s fine performance as Slahi offers some emotional compensations.

From Los Angeles Times

It never fails to give me chills when Payne, on the phone with Reeves’s Jack Traven, tells him, “There’s a bomb on a bus,” and the camera closes in on Hopper’s face, accompanied by a little boom from Mark Mancina’s score.

From New York Times

“Macario,” which was nominated for an Oscar — and, like “Salón México,” shot by the distinguished cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa — was a prestige project, based on a fable by the expatriate writer B. Traven.

From New York Times