Poet, novelist, short story writer, critic and translator Cesare Pavese was born today in 1908 in Turin, Italy. Cesare's life was troubled due to romantic disappointments and he ultimately committed suicide, but his writings show a great love of life and nature beyond the pain and a wry sense of humor.
This is Cesare lighting his pipe--quite a lean, intriguing-looking fellow. The photo is from the official City of Turin website, which has more information on Cesare Pavese and clearly is very proud of him being one of Turin's native sons. I always think that not many people in the U.S. know about Pavese, but then I just noticed a picture of a little boy making his way through a hay bale maze in this month's issue of Country Living magazine with the quote:
We don't remember days,
we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese
