Salvatore Quasimodo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salvatore Quasimodo (August 20, 1901 - June 14, 1968 ) was an Italian author. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times." Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.
On his passing in 1968, he was interred in the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan.
| Preceded by Boris Pasternak |
Nobel Prize in Literature winner 1959 |
Succeeded by Saint-John Perse |
[edit] External links
- Salvatore Quasimodo — the poet's official website (in Italian)
- Nobel Laureate Page — a Quasimodo page at the Nobel Prize website, with links to his biography and to his Nobel lecture "The Poet and the Politician"
- Salvatore Quasimodo poetries
 |
This poetry-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
