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Italo Svevo
AuthorBooks · Second hand1861-1928
Aron Hector Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
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About Italo Svevo
Birth
1861
Death
1928
Aron Hector Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
Italo Svevo was born in Trieste, a city that was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time.
His real name was Aron Ettore Schmitz, though he chose the pseudonym Italo Svevo, which literally means 'Swabian Italian'.
Beyond being a renowned writer and playwright, Svevo balanced his literary career with his work as a businessman.
His masterpiece, Zeno's Conscience, was self-published in 1923 and explores the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
He maintained a close intellectual relationship with James Joyce, who was a key figure in his literary journey.
