WRITER

Cesare Pavese

1908 - 1950

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Cesare Pavese (UK: pav-AY-zay, -⁠zee, Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare paˈveːse, ˈtʃɛː-, -eːze]; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cesare Pavese has received more than 459,097 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Cesare Pavese is the 796th most popular writer (down from 766th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 924th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Italian Writer.

Cesare Pavese was a writer who is most famous for his novel "The Moon and the Bonfires."

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Paesi tuoi
1941
Diavolo sulle colline
Fiction
Set amongst the hills, vineyards, and villages of Piedmont, this tale centers on three young men as they spend what is seemingly their last free summer talking, drinking, and enjoying life. Fascinated with their wealthy acquaintance, Poli, they soon find themselves embedded in his world --his cocaine addiction, his blasphemy, and his corrupt circle of friends.
19594 / 5
La bella estate
1949
La luna e i falò
1950

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cesare Pavese ranks 796 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Mancini, Wilhelm Hauff, Leon Uris, Georges Bernanos, Marie d'Agoult, and Alexander Litvinenko. After him are Ibycus, Colleen McCullough, Dio Chrysostom, Maya Angelou, Pietro Bembo, and Jamal Khashoggi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Cesare Pavese ranks 39. Before him are Manoel de Oliveira, David Lean, William Saroyan, Arthur Adamov, Dmitry Ustinov, and Carole Lombard. After him are Willard Libby, Tameo Ide, Günther Prien, John Kenneth Galbraith, Alfred Hershey, and Chivu Stoica. Among people deceased in 1950, Cesare Pavese ranks 28. Before him are George Minot, Ramana Maharshi, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, Karl Seitz, and Max Beckmann. After him are Kuniaki Koiso, Mao Anying, Petre Dumitrescu, Emmanuel Mounier, Dinu Lipatti, and Nikolai Myaskovsky.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cesare Pavese ranks 943 out of 5,161. Before him are Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Marie Mancini (1639), and Antipope Anacletus II (1090). After him are Ibycus (-600), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Servilia (-104), Nicola Amati (1596), Umberto Giordano (1867), and Franco Modigliani (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Cesare Pavese ranks 69. Before him are Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), and Marie Mancini (1639). After him are Ibycus (-600), Pietro Bembo (1470), Italo Svevo (1861), Venantius Fortunatus (530), Gerard of Cremona (1114), and Vittoria Colonna (1490).

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