Which of these writers is often grouped with the neorealist period of the 1940s and 1950s?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Cesare Pavese
- Step 1: Neorealism turned to everyday social reality after the war. Step 2. Pavese wrote La luna e i falò in 1950, a novel of memory, hills and peasants. Answer: Cesare Pavese with La luna e i falò. Why not the others: D'Annunzio, Leopardi and Foscolo belong to different periods and styles.
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