(1) A sample of about 300 subjects from the Italian population of the Oltrepò Pavese, in Lombardy, was studied for 6 polymorphic genetic markers: ACP1, ADA, ESD, GLO1, PGM1 subtyping and HP.
(2) Incapable of establishing authentic communication with others, Pavese narrowed his existential horizon to the point of being less and less capable of living in the world and projecting himself into the future.
(3) On the basis of an existential analysis (Daseinanalyse), the authors consider the suicide, at age 42, of Cesare Pavese, one of the most important Italian poets and writers of the post-World War II period.
(4) From these considerations it is concluded that Pavese's acute feeling of incapacity caused him to have lasting experiences of failure that brought him to view suicide as the only way to free himself from his own torment.
Pavise
Definition:
(n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.