Pavese

/ paˈveːse /

noun

1. PaveseCesare19081950MItalianWRITING: writerWRITING: translator Cesare (ˈtʃeːzare). 1908–50, Italian writer and translator. His works include collections of poems, such as Verrà la morte e avra i tuoi occhi (1953), short stories, such as the collection Notte di festa (1953), and the novel La Luna e i falò (1950)

Example Sentences

Yevgeny Zamyatin, author of the chilling 1924 dystopia “We,” found in his work “the art of brevity and speed proper to America,” while the Italian novelist Cesare Pavese praised the writer for the strange beauty with which he imbued city life, transforming turn-of-the-century New York into “Baghdad-on-the-Hudson.”

From Washington Post

“I hate wearing a mask,” said Sabastien Pavese, 23, a transportation coordinator in Portland, Ore., where the governor has ordered that face coverings be worn at public gatherings, including outdoors.

From New York Times

“I’m upset about it, but it’s the weather. It’s nothing I can control,” said Pavese, a Long Island resident.

From Seattle Times

The evacuation threw a wrench into Kristen Pavese’s planned Fire Island bachelorette party.

From Seattle Times

And in thinking about all of this I find myself remembering the 20th-century Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese’s statement that art is “a defence against life’s offenses”.

From The Guardian