Cesare Pavese was one of the most creatively proficient novelist and translator who introduced modern US and English writers to Italy. His works represented literature of an age for the Italians. More so, they fostered the reading and appreciation of the works of US writers in the country. Pavese was fond of English literature since young and slowly took it as his career option. Most of his works have a typicality of a loner character who shares a temporary and superficial relationship with men and women. Another factor that lies common in his work is that most of the works revolve around the Langhe area where he spent his summer holidays as a boy. Pavese spent much of hjis life working as a translator. He was briefly imprisoned for carrying letters of a political prisoner. However, post his incarceration, he resumed his literary career and published his works. He wrote in every possible genre including poetry, essays, novels, letters and critic pieces. To know more about his life and work, read through the following lines.
