Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator
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- Cesare Pavese ( UK: pav- AY -zay, -zee ; Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare paˈveːze, ˈtʃɛː-, -eːse] ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist.
- Pavese was reportedly apolitical in the 1930s, but he was moving in antifascist circles.
- Though eligible for drafting into the Italian Armed Forces during World War II, he did not see any active service.
- Many of his friends in Turin joined the partisans, but Pavese took no part in the armed struggle in the vicinity of the city.
- Toward the end of his life, he was suffering from depression and political disillusionment.
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WikipediaCesare Pavese (UK: pav-AY-zay, -zee; Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare paˈveːze, ˈtʃɛː-, -eːse]; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.
Pavese was reportedly apolitical in the 1930s, but he was moving in antifascist circles. He served a short sentence as a political prisoner. Though eligible for drafting into the Italian Armed Forces during World War II, he did not see any active service. He spent part of the war hospitalized due to asthma. Many of his friends in Turin joined the partisans, but Pavese took no part in the armed struggle in the vicinity of the city. After the war, Pavese joined the Italian Communist Party and worked on the party's newspaper, L'Unità. Toward the end of his life, he was suffering from depression and political disillusionment. He committed suicide by an overdose of barbiturates.
Cesare Pavese was born in Santo Stefano Belbo, in the province of Cuneo. It was the village where his father was born and where the family returned for the summer holidays each year. He started primary school in Santo Stefano Belbo, but the rest of his education was in schools in Turin.
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