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Cesare Pavese

チェーザレ・パヴェーゼ

Chezare Pavēze

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1908-09-09 （Santo Stefano Belbo）
Died
1950-08-27 （Turin） age 41
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian, English
Religion
Atheism
Residence History
Santo Stefano Belbo, Piedmont → Turin → Brancaleone, Calabria (confino) → Serralunga di Crea area → Le Langhe

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Poet, Short story writer, Translator, Literary critic, Essayist
Active Years
1936-1950
Affiliations
Giulio Einaudi Editore
Memberships
Italian Communist Party
Influenced By
Walt Whitman, Augusto Monti, Leone Ginzburg
Influenced
Fernanda Pivano

Education

University of Turin
Literature
Degree: 学位取得
Period: 1920年代後半-1930
Year of Graduation: 1930
Country: Italy
Graduated with thesis on Walt Whitman's poetry
Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio
Classics
Period: 高校時代
Year of Graduation: 1926
Country: Italy
Taught by Augusto Monti

Awards

Strega Prize
1950
Work: La Bella Estate
Organization: Strega Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Moon and the Bonfires

1950 Novel

A protagonist returns from America to Le Langhe, reflecting on war and change.

HomelandLonelinessWar memories

The Beautiful Summer

1949 Novellas

Three novellas: 'La tenda', 'Il diavolo sulle colline', 'Tra donne sole'.

WomenLonelinessRelationships

Hard Labor

1936 Poems

Poems about labor and life's hardships.

LaborWeariness

Bibliography

  • Hard Labor (1936)
  • Your Villages (1941)
  • The Beach (1941)
  • August Holiday (1946)
  • The Comrade (1947)
  • Dialogues with Leucò (1947)
  • The Devil in the Hills (1948)
  • Before the Cock Crows (1948)
  • The Beautiful Summer (1949)
  • The Moon and the Bonfires (1950)
  • Death Will Come and Have Your Eyes (1951)

Translations by Author

  • Translations of American and British literature

Translations of Works

  • English translations of his works

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise style devoid of rhetoricNarrative influenced by English literature
Recurring Motifs
Loner protagonistsLanghe landscapesBetrayal and loss of ideals

Health

  • Asthma
    1930年代-1940年代
    Hospitalized during WWII, exempted from military service
  • Depression
    1940年代後半-1950
    Led to suicide, political disillusionment

Legacy

One of the most influential Italian writers of the 20th century, his suicide holds symbolic weight.

In Popular Culture

  • Suicide circumstances mirror his work

Trivia

  • Atheist
  • Strong interest in English literature
  • Imprisoned as political prisoner under fascism