Zeno Cosini is the Italianprotagonist of the novel La Coscienza di Zeno by Italo Svevo. The story is written as Zeno's journal, recounting his addiction to tobacco, his relationship with his wife and mistress, and his business. The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ... La Coscienza di Zeno (Confessions of Zeno, Conscience of Zeno, or Zenos Conscience) is a novel by Italo Svevo. ... Ettore Schmitz (December 19, 1861 - September 13, 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian businessman and author of novels, plays, and short stories. ... Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. ...
Svevo wrote the classic novel La Coscienza di Zeno (rendered as Confessions of Zeno, or Conscience of Zeno) and self-published it in 1923.
The work, showing the author's interest in the theories of Sigmund Freud, is written in the form of the memoirs of one ZenoCosini, who writes them at the insistence of his psychiatrist.
Like his hero, ZenoCosini, Svevo was a businessman who developed an interest in the theories of Sigmund Freud.