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Cesare Pavese
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Cesare Pavese was an Italian writer, translator, literary editor, and linguist. Born on September 9, 1908, in Santo Stefano Belbo, he held citizenship in both Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. He studied at the Liceo Classico Massimo D'Azeglio and the University of Turin. Pavese wrote in Italian and spoke English. His literary output included poetry and prose, with notable works such as *The Moon and the Bonfires*, *La letteratura americana e altri saggi*, and *Dalla parte di Giasone*. He received the Strega Prize for his contributions to literature.
Pavese resided in several locations, including Santo Stefano Belbo, Turin, Brancaleone, and Rome. He identified as an atheist. His life ended on August 27, 1950, in Turin, following a suicide by drug overdose. He is buried in his birthplace of Santo Stefano Belbo.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 51
Top works
- La letteratura americana e altri saggi
- La luna e i falò
- La Bella Estate (Tascabili - Scrittori) (Italian Edition)
- Dalla parte di Giasone
- Le spiaggia
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Film & TV
Writing · Santo Stefano Belbo, Piedmont, Italy
Cesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Italy
- Active from
- 1908
- Active to
- 1950
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 121
- Total plays
- 444
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,577x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,665x
- Identification and expansion of human colon-cancer-initiating cells
· 2006 · cited 3,254x
- Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of thrombolytic therapy with intravenous alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke (ECASS II)
· 1998 · cited 3,037x
- Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants
· 2016 · cited 2,851x
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Quotes
- “Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Cesare Pavese ( UK: /pæˈveɪzeɪ, -zi/ 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.
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