Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo
Born(1901-08-20)20 August 1901
Modica, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died14 June 1968(1968-06-14) (aged 66)
Naples, Italy
Resting placeCimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy
OccupationAuthor
Literary movementHermeticism
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1959

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre kwaˈziːmodo]; 20 August 1901 – 14 June 1968) was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times".[1] Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.

  1. ^ "Nobelprize.org". Retrieved 14 October 2015.