Italo Svevo
Aron Hector Schmitz (19 December 1861 – 13 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo (Italian: [ˈiːtalo ˈzvɛːvo]), was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
Italo Svevo | |
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Portrait of Italo Svevo | |
| Born | Aron Hector Schmitz 19 December 1861 Trieste, Austrian Empire
(present-day Italy) |
| Died | 13 September 1928 (aged 66) Motta di Livenza, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian, Austro-Hungarian |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, short story writer, playwright, businessman |
| Notable work | La coscienza di Zeno |
| Spouse | Livia Veneziani |
A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo was considered a pioneer of the psychological novel in Italy and is best known for his modernist novel La coscienza di Zeno (1923), which became a widely appreciated classic of Italian literature. He was also the cousin of the Italian academic Steno Tedeschi.
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