ONORATO FAVA
\ˌɒnɔːɹˈɑːtə͡ʊ fˈɑːvə], \ˌɒnɔːɹˈɑːtəʊ fˈɑːvə], \ˌɒ_n_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɑː_t_əʊ f_ˈɑː_v_ə]\
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An Italian storywriter, versifier, and essayist; born in Collobiano, Piedmont, July 7, 1859. He is versatile and sprightly in "Against the Majority" (1888); a novel, "In the Country of the Stars" (1889); a juvenile, "Our Life" (1885); and many other capitally written and original things.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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