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Italo Svevo
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Italian writer (1861-1928)

Also known as: Aron Ettore Schmitz, Aron Hector Schmitz, Ettore Samigli, Ettore Schmitz, Hector Aron Schmitz, Hector Schmitz

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Known works

  • I Malavoglia di Giovanni Verga (1966)
  • Confession of Zeno (1958)
  • Una vita (1930)
  • "This England is so different--" (2003)
  • Great short stories of the masters