1975 Nobel Prize in Literature

1975 Nobel Prize in Literature
Eugenio Montale
"for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions"
Date
  • 23 October 1975 (1975-10-23) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1975
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Italian poet Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions".[1] He is the fifth Italian laureate for the literature prize.

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975". nobelprize.org.